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

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 ...

The holidays are well underway and people are looking forward to or already enjoying time with friends and family, some of whom have likely traveled a distance to attend the festivities (and brought ...

You may get a PCR test, which can show a positive result for up to three months after recovery. If you take a rapid antigen test, it may not detect COVID after nine days, but it is more accurate for ...

With flu and RSV seasons set to soon heighten, when should you test for COVID if you are sick and how often? The federal government recently resumed its program of shipping out free COVID tests to ...

With COVID-19 rising this winter, it’s getting more complicated to discern whether you are infected. Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, regional chief of infectious diseases at Kaiser Permanente Southern ...

As the nation experiences what many experts believe is the second-largest wave of COVID infections since the pandemic started, many Americans will be checking to make sure they don’t have the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to many changes. Among them is universal familiarity with a molecular diagnostic technique that was largely unknown outside clinical use. The polymerase chain reaction — or ...