Two types of COVID-19 tests, the rapid antigen test and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, are available in the United States. The PCR typically relies on lab testing and is still considered ...
Detect influenza viruses quickly and easily with chewing gum or a lollipop: researchers from Würzburg, Braunschweig and ...
2:02 Confusion, frustration as rapid antigen tests demand soars across Canada The holidays are fast approaching, and many Canadians are trying to get their hands on COVID-19 rapid antigen tests for ...
Recent social media posts have fed into the notion that swabbing the throat with a COVID-19 rapid antigen test kit might yield more accurate results against the Omicron variant than only testing for ...
Although the rapid antigen test you received may appear to be expired, Health Canada says the shelf life of some tests, including those distributed in B.C., are valid and safe for use past their ...
This story idea came from audience members, like you, who got in touch with us. Send us all of your questions about COVID-19. We are listening: [email protected]. With the highly transmissible omicron ...
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 ...
The new rapid point-of-care test named FebriDx uses a finger-prick blood sample to determine whether a respiratory infection is bacterial or viral. (Nine) Property ...
People in Ottawa will be able to get free COVID-19 rapid tests at seven local LCBO outlets, but pop-up sites to distribute the tests at places like shopping malls aren’t scheduled to arrive in the ...
BTNX, the Canadian rapid test supplier that won an estimated $2 billion in federal contracts, denied that Health Canada used BTNX’s edited study to evaluate the rapid test kit that the federal ...
You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. It’s been hard to come up with silver linings during this pandemic — it’s been terrible, not least for the 30 ...