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

These days, many people use at-home COVID-19 tests when they feel ill, rather than going out to get tested by a professional. (That’s when they bother to test at all.) But for all their convenience, ...

It's been nearly four years since people started getting sick with COVID-19, but with new variants mutating each season, the health steps experts asked us to take at the beginning of the pandemic ...

If you've recently been exposed to COVID-19 or are showing symptoms, you might head to your bathroom cabinet to grab an at-home test. One quick step you should take before beginning (in addition to ...

The government is offering another round of free at-home COVID tests to Americans in time for the holiday season. As flu and RSV season kick into full swing, precautions meant to keep families healthy ...

Here’s what we know so far about the omicron variant. PREVIOUS REPORTING: Earlier this month, the White House announced that it would invest $1 billion to make more at-home COVID-19 tests available to ...

At-home test kits, also known as at-home medical tests or self-tests, are kits that you can purchase online, at supermarkets, or at your local pharmacy and use to detect or monitor certain diseases ...

It was possible -- albeit rare -- for people not infected with SARS-CoV-2 to have persistent false positive rapid antigen COVID-19 tests, longitudinal data showed. Among a large cohort of over 11,000 ...

RSV is short for respiratory syncytial virus. It’s a virus that can cause respiratory infections in your lungs, nose, and throat. It’s best to test for RSV soon after your symptoms start. That’s ...