The latest coronavirus disease outbreak, which was initially found in China in December 2019, is still affecting people worldwide. COVID-19 — the disease induced by an infection — requires prompt and ...

LANSING – When it comes to detecting the coronavirus, not all tests are created equally. Two tests are widely available to see if someone has the virus: a polymerase chain reaction swab, or PCR test, ...

Finding a COVID-19 test has become a real challenge with the spread of the omicron variant. But there is also confusion over which test people should be getting, which is a PCR or antigen? “The two ...

At-home PCR tests are just as accurate as those done in a lab. At-home antigen tests are more budget-friendly and give results quicker, but there is a greater chance of a false negative. As of ...

Posts circulating on Facebook and Instagram claim the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will stop using its COVID-19 test because it cannot differentiate between the COVID virus and flu ...

COVID-19 is commonly diagnosed by quantitative fluorescence real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) (1, 2). The test is the sequential action of two enzymes–an ...

At-home COVID-19 tests have become an easy way to self-diagnose. But current tests have drawbacks, such as the length of time it takes to get an answer, or how accurately the test can identify a ...

A new biotechnology company in McKinney has ambitions to become the world’s first fully integrated platform for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing — the same technology behind a common COVID-19 ...