The FDA has issued emergency authorizations to 12 antibody tests for the virus. As federal officials gradually begin reopening the country, expanded testing is central to the conversation. Until now, ...

These tests have very limited clinical use. The need for antibody testing would be to determine if a patient has recovered from COVID-19, and whether we could take a sample of the patient’s plasma to ...

NAAT tests, including PCR tests, are more likely to detect the virus, and are considered the “gold standard” for COVID-19 ...

OU Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation File for FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Detection Test Utilizing ...

If you’re wondering if your fever, chills and body aches are a classic case of the flu or the dreaded COVID-19, your best option is to get tested. New variants are constantly circulating, as new ...

You wake up with a scratchy throat, runny nose, and persistent cough, but your at-home COVID-19 test reads negative. How is this possible? The short answer is yes—you can still be infected. Many other ...

Costco is selling at-home saliva tests for COVID-19. Currently, the kits are only available online. Medical experts are ...

Type: COVID-19 test kits are categorized into equipment and extraction kits, rRT-PCR test kits, and reagents. Among these, rRT-PCR test kits, which enable the detection of viral RNA in respiratory ...

Results are detected within just a few minutes, the agency said. The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 test that uses breath samples -- the first of ...