SAN FRANCISCO -- The recent outbreak of the omicron variant has many people running for the store for an over-the-counter rapid test. But simply taking the test once isn't enough to tell you if you ...

Last week, I was about to go on a date, and because I'm severely immunocompromised, we agreed he would take a COVID test ...

At-home Covid tests can be ordered for free starting Monday. Households can now order four free tests for home delivery at COVIDTests.gov. According to the government website, orders will begin ...

Taking a COVID-19 test at home seems simple enough: If you get a line, you're positive for the coronavirus. But what if your results aren't so obvious? For instance, if you only get a very faint line ...

Welcome to what some experts say is the country’s second largest COVID wave since the start of the pandemic. In the past few weeks, there’s been a striking increase in new cases, hospitalizations, and ...

Most of us have taken a COVID test at home. The uncomfortable nasal swab, the anxious waiting as the red lines bleed into either positive or negative. And then finally, the result. The whole process ...

In a study involving nearly 1,000 patients seen at a Baltimore field hospital during a five-month period in 2022, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, ...

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Mahmoud Illean / AP As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its fourth year, a negative result on a little plastic at-home test feels a bit less comforting than it once did. Still, you dutifully swab your ...

The FDA has extended the shelf life for some COVID-19 tests. Now that allergy season is here, many are finding themselves with symptoms asking: Is it allergies or a cold? COVID? Something else? Since ...

For instance, if you only get a very faint line, it might be hard to know whether or not that means your results are positive. I know how that feels firsthand. After more than two years of evading ...