January 7 marks the 7th anniversary of India's historic Test series win in Australia. Today we revisit India's landmark ...

Quick and easy access to rapid COVID-19 testing felt like a pipe dream when the coronavirus pandemic first hit the U.S., but two new tests authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are now ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are recommending that all COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU undergo a thromboelastography (TEG) to test for the risk of forming blood clots. This ...

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The next time you get tested for COVID-19, it might cost $130, $385, or no money at all. Some labs tack on additional fees such as those for “specimen collection”—the act of inserting a cotton-tipped ...

SMITH REPORTING. IF YOU’VE BEEN STORING YOUR RAPID ANTIGEN COVID-19 TESTS OR AT HOME TEST FOR MONTHS AND SUDDENLY REALIZE THEY ARE EXPIRED, YOU MAY NOT NEED TO THROW THEM AWAY. THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ...

The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization on Friday for the first at-home test that can simultaneously detect both COVID-19 and the flu. With a shallow nasal swab, the ...

You can't place orders for at-home COVID testing kits anymore, but there are still resources available for free testing. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...

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As we close in on two years of living with COVID-19, quick and accurate tests for COVID-19 remain an urgent priority. In fact, as schools reopen, businesses resume operations and people return to work ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits for COVID-19 use what’s known as gene cloning – not reproductive cloning – to detect the presence or absence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but social media posts ...