These days, many people use at-home COVID-19 tests when they feel ill, rather than going out to get tested by a professional. (That’s when they bother to test at all.) But for all their convenience, ...

Using clinical samples obtained from diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. from 2020 to 2023, the National Institutes of Health, through its Variant Task Force, analyzed the effectiveness of more than ...

The FDA has issued emergency authorizations to 12 antibody tests for the virus. As federal officials gradually begin reopening the country, expanded testing is central to the conversation. Until now, ...

Over-the-counter multiplex tests for more than one illness may soon come to a pharmacy near you. Paco Burgada/iStock via Getty Images A scratchy, sore throat, a relentless fever, a pounding head and a ...

A fever and a nasty cough can be symptoms of a range of respiratory illnesses. An antigen test that narrows down the culprits can speed up diagnosis and recovery. When you purchase through links on ...

In a study involving nearly 1,000 patients seen at a Baltimore field hospital during a five-month period in 2022, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, ...

Public health experts say it’s better to get fast and frequent results from COVID-19 tests that may be less accurate than to get more precise results that take several days, The Wall Street Journal ...

Four free home Covid-19 antigen tests are available to order at COVIDTests.gov, part of the seventh round of the federal government’s test-distribution program. And although this round of test orders ...

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FOR THIS STORY AT KOAT.COM. U.S. GOVERNMENT IS ONCE AGAIN GIVING OUT FREE TESTS TO CHECK FOR COVID 19. KOAT U-N-M HEALTH EXPERT DOCTOR ASHE EXPLAINS HOW THEY WORK AND WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THOSE ...