Rapid COVID tests are convenient and easy to use because you can take them at home. But it's important to know how to interpret their results, when you should take another rapid test and when you ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid (antigen) tests for COVID-19 both involve taking a swab. Results for a PCR test take longer, as it needs to go to a laboratory. It is more costly but tends to ...

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 ...

It's a common scenario for anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 and spent several days in isolation. You’ve tested positive for COVID, done the responsible thing and isolated. Now it’s day 5, ...

As fall temperatures set in, cold and flu season gets into full swing, and holiday travel picks up, people will undoubtedly have questions about Covid-19 testing. Is this the year people can finally ...

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 ...

The United States is once again watching coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rise as summertime nears. Nearly half of Americans – 45 percent – are living in communities with medium or high ...

If you have symptoms but get a negative home test result, you may need to keep taking precautions and test again (and again). By Tara Parker-Pope What does a negative result on a home Covid-19 test ...

Health officials recommend not automatically following the expiration date listed on a rapid test kit, as some expiration dates have been extended by the FDA. A resident displays an at-home rapid ...

COVID-19 cases have been slowly ticking up in the U.S., with the omicron BA.2 subvariant now the dominant strain in the country. At the same time, rapid at-home antigen tests have become the first ...

Nothing puts a damper on your holiday plans like a positive COVID-19 test. But what if that line is super faint? Do you still have COVID-19 —or can you go ahead and attend your office party like you ...