With the latest XEC COVID variant making its rounds, it’s likely you or someone you know has had to take an at-home test recently. Thankfully tests are more available than they have been in months ...

As COVID cases rise over the winter, health experts are finding that it’s taking longer to figure out if someone is infected. When COVID-19 antigen tests — also known as rapid tests — first came out, ...

Fortunately, we found a deal on reliable at-home COVID-19 tests for nearly 20% off right now on Amazon. This pack includes five standard nasal swab kits from iHealth, an FDA-authorized ...

After a recent COVID-19 exposure, Dr. Christina Astley tested positive on an at-home test—but just barely. The line signifying a positive result was so faint that Astley, an endocrinologist at Boston ...

A false positive result is possible with a rapid COVID-19 test. It happens when a person does not have COVID-19 but still tests positive for the disease. People can use a rapid COVID-19 test at home ...

Welcome to what some experts say is the country’s second largest COVID wave since the start of the pandemic. In the past few weeks, there’s been a striking increase in new cases, hospitalizations, and ...

Since the start of the pandemic, the FDA has issued emergency use authorizations to a whopping 444 diagnostic tests and sample collection devices to detect the COVID-19 virus. In recent months, ...

COVID-19 rapid tests are easy to take—and then toss. So most people never report their results, which leaves health officials with an incomplete picture of how much virus is circulating and where. The ...

Have your COVID-19 rapid tests expired? Don’t toss them yet. Federal regulators have extended some tests’ expiration dates, meaning certain offerings are now usable for months longer. The reason for ...

The FDA has extended the shelf life for some COVID-19 tests. Now that allergy season is here, many are finding themselves with symptoms asking: Is it allergies or a cold? COVID? Something else? Since ...

Nothing puts a damper on your holiday plans like a positive COVID-19 test. But what if that line is super faint? Do you still have COVID-19 —or can you go ahead and attend your office party like you ...