AZ Central

If you can find an at-home rapid COVID-19 test, when does it work best?

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this column incorrectly noted the number of at-home testing kits the federal government is planning to mail to homes. At-home COVID-19 tests are ...
WBJournal

Mass. DPH cautions against requiring PCR tests to return to work

In a Tuesday public health advisory, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health clarified its recommendations related to who and when people infected with and/or exposed to COVID-19 should undergo ...
Business Insider

Wren Laboratories Launches First Direct-to-Consumer Saliva COVID-19 PCR Test for Children Ages Five+ and Adults Just in Time for Back-to-School and Work

BRANFORD, Conn., July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As schools and offices prepare to come back safely this Fall, Wren Laboratories, an international genomics testing company, has received emergency use ...
STAT

PCR testing can help clarify confusion over Covid-19 rebound and isolation

This decision, well within current norms for care, was nonetheless consequential: The president was forced to cancel a trip to advocate for legislation in support of the domestic semiconductor ...
CNN

Home tests still work to detect Covid-19, but here’s why your test may not pick up an infection

With Covid-19 cases up across the country, many people are once again relying on home tests to guide decisions about going to work and sending their kids to school and other activities. A lot of those ...
The Conversation

When is it OK to take a rapid antigen test for COVID rather than lining up for a PCR swab?

Thea van de Mortel teaches into the graduate Infection Prevention and Control program at Griffith University. With Christmas around the corner and COVID-19 case numbers rising, it’s important to keep ...
Time

What’s the Point of PCR Tests Anymore?

If you had COVID-19 symptoms in 2020, you probably would have masked up and braved a visit to a laboratory, doctor’s office, or clinic to get a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. A health care ...
CBS News

Why does it still take so long to get a COVID-19 PCR test result?

New COVID-19 restrictions for international travel and other activities are fueling consumer demand for highly accurate polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests with rapid turnaround times. Some ...
Time

Why Some Experts Suggest Getting a PCR Test, Even If You Already Know You Have COVID-19

For Rachel Robles, getting diagnosed with Long COVID was an uphill battle. She caught the virus in March 2020, when nearly nothing was known about its long-term effects and testing was inaccessible ...
Reuters

Fact Check: PCR test for COVID-19 uses gene cloning but cannot be used to clone humans

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits for COVID-19 use what’s known as gene cloning – not reproductive cloning – to detect the presence or absence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but social media posts ...
Business Wire

Connecticut Health Technology Company Detect, Inc. Unveils New PCR-quality Covid-19 Rapid Test to Help Meet the Nation’s Testing Needs for Home, School, Work and Travel

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz Visit Dr. Jonathan Rothberg’s Biotech Epicenter in Guilford, CT ...
The Conversation

Why are some COVID test results false positives, and how common are they?

Adrian Esterman does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...