Free COVID-19 rapid tests from the federal government are starting to arrive in mailboxes. With a half-billion of these at-home tests being sent out right now, 5 On Your Side wanted to know how ...

People can test themselves about as accurately at home with rapid antigen coronavirus tests as health care professionals using the same tests, according to a Johns Hopkins Medicine-led study published ...

A PCR test detects the actual genetic material of the virus and involves a step that amplifies the presence of any material ...

In a study involving nearly 1,000 patients seen at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH) during a five-month period in 2022 - researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the University of ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- As the world was shielding itself from COVID-19 in 2020, Dr. Ping Wang and her team at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine were studying it on a microscopic ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators on Tuesday allowed emergency use of the first rapid coronavirus test that can be performed entirely at home and delivers results in 30 minutes. The announcement by the ...

Welcome to what some experts say is the country’s second largest COVID wave since the start of the pandemic. In the past few weeks, there’s been a striking increase in new cases, hospitalizations, and ...

A rapid, accurate way of testing for COVID-19 infection would be a big step in overcoming the virus' hold over our society. Now, in an article published in Lab on a Chip, Japanese researchers have ...

Oct 7 (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N), opens new tab on Wednesday released early data from a study on the accuracy of its ID NOW COVID-19 test, which is used in the White House, that could ...

Amid rising COVID-19 cases and a shortage of rapid tests nationwide, the Indiana State Department of Health has limited who can access the state’s coveted tests. But those in need of testing still ...