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 ...

Researchers say people using a common allergy nasal spray, azelastine, were 69% less likely to contract COVID-19. Participants in the trial were additionally 71% less likely to catch the common cold ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Emergency Use Authorization to Pixel by Labcorp in 2022. This test allows people with symptoms of COVID-19, the flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV ...

Amid a rise in COVID cases and the start of fall allergies, flu and RSV season, experts say testing is an important tool heading into the cooler month. With more people testing positive for COVID once ...

If you’re wondering if your fever, chills and body aches are a classic case of the flu or the dreaded COVID-19, your best option is to get tested. New variants are constantly circulating, as new ...

Research shows that rapid antigen tests are performing as well at detecting the most recent dominant variants as they did with the earliest strains in the COVID-19 pandemic. Rapid tests can be an ...

This story was first published by Source New Mexico. New Mexico is preparing to no longer provide easily available, community-wide, free diagnostic testing for COVID, worrying community health ...

ATLANTA — The city of Atlanta is giving out free PCR testing for COVID-19. A new testing kiosk is open in midtown Atlanta, at the entrance to Piedmont Park on 10th Street and Charles Allen Drive. The ...