Thea van de Mortel teaches into the graduate Infection Prevention and Control program at Griffith University. With Christmas around the corner and COVID-19 case numbers rising, it’s important to keep ...

PCR-based diagnostic tests are becoming increasingly common in clinical settings because they are much more sensitive and accurate than older tests, and provide results within hours, not days. Yet a ...

With Christmas nearly here and COVID-19 case numbers rising, it's important to keep getting tested when you have symptoms, have been exposed to the virus, or are going to a high-risk environment. Now ...

At-home PCR tests are just as accurate as those done in a lab. At-home antigen tests are more budget-friendly and give results quicker, but there is a greater chance of a false negative. As of ...

Each week, we answer frequently asked questions about life during the coronavirus crisis. If you have a question you'd like us to consider for a future post, email us at goatsandsoda@npr.org with the ...

Posts circulating on Facebook and Instagram incorrectly claim that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is withdrawing its COVID-19 test because it cannot differentiate between the COVID ...

During the coronavirus pandemic, polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, testing has been an invaluable tool to diagnose new COVID-19 cases. But some social media users are casting doubt on the test's ...

Users on social media are interpreting a screenshot of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recall of one company’s COVID-19 test to mean that all PCR tests have never worked. FDA officials ...

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 media posts ...

A young Palestinian man reacts as a health worker collects a nasal swab sample for a coronavirus test at a local clinic in Gaza city, on April 29, 2021, - Health authorities in Gaza said the situation ...

While they've been the gold standard to identify positive coronavirus cases around the world for more than a year, PCR tests still aren't trusted by some social media users. An Oct. 4 Instagram post ...

BREAKING: Minnesota sues Trump administration to end deployment of thousands of immigration agents to the state news Alerts There are no new alerts at this time For Sarah Bowen, it all started with a ...