COVID-19’s danger lay in its invisibility. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is highly contagious and can be passed on by people with light or no symptoms, making it extremely difficult to track and contain. But ...

Molecular tests are far superior to rapid antigen tests—and now you can get them for home use. Last week, I was about to go on a date, and because I'm severely immunocompromised, we agreed he would ...

BEIJING, April 25 (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that all inbound travellers will only need to show COVID-19 antigen tests result taken within 48 hours before boarding flights ...

The mandatory PCR test on arrival for all incoming passengers from China will be lifted from March 1. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters said in a meeting on Feb. 22 that ...

Researchers often call the polymerase chain reaction test – known as the PCR test – "the gold standard" for detecting the COVID-19 virus. The test is considered highly reliable and effective, and it ...

COVID-19 has been around for the best part of a year, and medical technology has been racing to keep pace with the rise in infections and viral mutations. Until recently, unless you were presenting ...

Testing for COVID-19 could soon face serious difficulties in Japan due to a shortage of materials driven by rising global demand. This is because half of the materials used in polymerase chain ...

From April 29, travelers can instead show negative rapid antigen test results while airlines won’t be required to check the proof, foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Tuesday at a regular press ...

TOKYO -- Purchases of PCR tests in China's Hubei Province surged months before the first official reports of a novel coronavirus case there, according to a report by Australia-based cybersecurity ...

The Chinese province that was the initial epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak made significant purchases of equipment used to test for infectious diseases months before Beijing notified international ...