Thea van de Mortel teaches into the Master of Infection Prevention and Control program at Griffith University. A new type of COVID test is set to be available from November for Australians to use at ...

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 ...

A false positive result is possible with a rapid COVID-19 test. It happens when a person does not have COVID-19 but still tests positive for the disease. People can use a rapid COVID-19 test at home ...

COVID-19 has been around for the best part of a year, and medical technology has been racing to keep pace with the rise in infections and viral mutations. Until recently, unless you were presenting ...

University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. You’ve been exposed to COVID and are starting to get symptoms. But after a couple of days of testing with rapid ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO -- As Japan contends with surging COVID-19 infections just three months before the Tokyo Olympics, a team of researchers has a suggestion for the government; Use PCR tests to identify highly ...

PCR processes are the diagnostic gold standard when it comes to identifying coronavirus infections. Unlike rapid antigen tests, they function even in the case of a low viral load and detect the ...