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 ...

There are three different ways to test for COVID-19: PCR tests, antigen tests and antibody tests. Each method is best for a different stage of COVID-19 infection. Used in sequence, all three methods ...

As you can see, Facebook has labelled this video as “False information. Checked by independent fact-checkers.” That’s not because Facebook wants to suppress “free speech,” as some may claim. There’s ...

When the emergency ends, private insurers will no longer be required to cover COVID-19 testing and treatment with no cost-sharing. Most will still cover the tests but may impose cost-sharing, ...

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 ...

EVANSTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Minute Molecular Diagnostics today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its rapid DASH ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Travelers at Los Angeles International Airport can now get a COVID-19 PCR test with results guaranteed in less than hour, LAX officials announced Wednesday. "We continue to see a ...