DALLAS — Denton County Public Health officials reported Tuesday that they will start including antigen tests in their daily COVID-19 case count reports. There are some aspects to this test that allow ...

Antigen tests can identify the presence of antigens within the body, which are substances that cause immune responses, such as the release of antibodies. The immune system, and antibodies specifically ...

New findings demonstrate how the rapid antigen test can be used to triage healthcare workers for returning to work during periods of acute staffing shortages during COVID surges. They also show that a ...

Antigen Test Is the Latest Offering by Labcorp to Fight COVID-19 at Every Stage, from Diagnostic Testing to Clinical Trials and Vaccination Services BURLINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Labcorp (NYSE: ...

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 ...

The announcement came last week with the White House signaling a billion-dollar investment in at-home rapid coronavirus tests. It also said 20,000 pharmacies across the country would offer free ...

Cities and states across the country are looking to expand coronavirus testing as part of efforts to emerge from lockdowns, but two major barriers remain: how to screen huge parts of the population ...

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 ...

Move over, slowpoke coronavirus tests that take a week or more to return a result – there’s a new generation of rapid tests coming to town – some are already here – and they’re poised to transform the ...

About 60% of healthcare workers participating in an optional rapid antigen testing program at UCLA tested positive at day five, and about 50% were positive at day seven after initially testing ...

Rapid antigen tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are effective tools for the diagnosis of acute infection, particularly when used serially. 1 The percentage of ...

What does it mean if a person’s rapid antigen test result comes back positive after five days of isolation due to Covid-19? According to the experts, that person is most likely still carrying a viral ...