COVID testing guidelines and what we know about how long you're contagious ... tests are usually antigen tests, which look for proteins of the virus.) He notes that PCR tests often stay positive ...

During the current "silent" COVID-19 surge, you are at greater risk for getting infected with the SARS-CoV-2. Here's what to ...

People are spreading holiday cheer — and germs, leading to sicknesses like COVID, flu, RSV, norovirus stomach bug and more. But how long are you contagious? Dr. Carla Garcia Carreno, Children's ...

Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...

New high-tech Covid ... a PCR test. WSJ’s Joanna Stern (and her mannequin clone) tried out the Detect Covid-19 Test and Cue Health Monitoring System to see how they compare with rapid antigen ...

Today, if you get an antigen or PCR COVID test in a clinical setting, it’s still your health care provider’s job to report your results. While you’re well within your rights not to report ...

All viruses, including the one that causes Covid-19, constantly mutate into ... which appears to make it more contagious or easy to spread. Another mutation, called E484K, could help the virus ...

The health ministry allowed pharmacies to sell authorized COVID ... a kit. Antigen test kits are a more convenient and easier way to check for the virus than polymerase chain reaction (PCR ...

Parliament, December 18 (Daily Mirror)- PCR and rapid antigen test kits have been imported ... Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA) during the COVID 19 pandemic period, Parliament was informed ...

The government has also brought down the cost of PCR and rapid antigen tests in a bid ... recent uptick in numbers to a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus but the government has denied ...