The Food and Drug Administration has granted authorization of a COVID-19 and flu test that can be used without a prescription. The authorization, announced Monday, uses a nasal swab to detect the ...

So you want to know if you have COVID-19. You have a fever and are worried you may have been infected. Or you have a holiday planned or an event to attend and want to know if it’s OK to proceed. In ...

NEW YORK -- Should you take your COVID tests by swabbing your throat instead of your nostril? ABC's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton says it really depends on the test. Dr. Ashton joined ...

Severity of a COVID-19 illness could be determined by examining autoantibodies in the nasal cavity, allowing more personalized treatment protocols. Severe COVID-19 can be life-threatening for patients ...

A new nasal swab test can accurately predict the severity of COVID-19 infections. It provides a more precise prediction than currently available of how serious the case is by focusing on ...

The government is sending out free COVID tests again. Sign-up is quick and easy. Doctors recommend getting your tests for the just-in-case. This is the seventh round of distribution of free COVID-19 ...

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 ...

A coronavirus swab test went so far up a woman’s nose that it caused her brain to leak, a new case report has revealed. The woman, in her forties, went to see her doctor after experiencing a runny ...