The rapid spread and high infection rate of the Omicron variant have prompted a run on COVID-19 tests at doctor’s offices, pharmacies, and other businesses that carry at-home tests. Making matters ...

The question quickly arose whether existing rapid antigen tests could detect newly emerging variants. Using clinical samples obtained from diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. from 2020 to 2023, the ...

Rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 are quicker and easier, but also less accurate, than the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests that Canada has relied upon during the pandemic. But as various ...

As COVID-19 cases surge in Alberta in a fifth wave driven by the more highly infectious Omicron variant, the province changed the criteria on Dec. 23 around who should get a polymerase chain reaction ...

A new study suggests the best way to curb the spread of COVID-19 quickly, during the wait for vaccines, is to make inexpensive, rapid, self-administered 'antigen' tests widely available so people can ...

New York, June 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Kits Market - Global Outlook & Forecast ...

TAKING A COVID-19 TEST is probably your first instinct when you wake up with a fever or sore throat or learn that the friend you just hung out with has cold- or flu-like symptoms. And, it’s a good ...

FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands believes the government should move away from rapid antigen testing and instead require all travellers seeking to enter the country to produce a negative RT-PCR ...

HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville has defended the government’s decision to suspend the mandatory RT-PCR test requirement for vaccinated people entering the country, citing challenges ...