Last week, I was about to go on a date, and because I'm severely immunocompromised, we agreed he would take a COVID test using one of my rapid home PCR tests. It was a courtesy—he felt perfectly ...

PCR vs. Rapid: Which COVID Test Should You Take? Published May 23, 2022 • Updated on May 23, 2022 at 12:58 pm Log in or create a free profile to save articles File photo ...

There are three different ways to test for COVID-19: PCR tests, antigen tests and antibody tests. Here are the differences.

Free at-home Covid tests can be ordered starting Monday. Here’s what you should know about when to test and what the results mean as new variants circulate.

How long you test positive is determined, in part, by what test you use. PCR tests may show a positive result for up to three months, and rapid antigen tests may not detect the virus after nine days.

A negative result from a COVID test in a medical setting is more accurate than a negative result from an at-home test, ...

Test as close to the time of the event as possible (at least within 1-2 days). If you use an antigen test, follow recommendations for repeat testing to be confident in a negative result.

People can use a rapid COVID-19 test at home to check whether they have SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The result is available within a few minutes.

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits for COVID-19 use what’s known as gene cloning – not reproductive cloning – to detect the presence or absence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but social ...