Since its global emergence over a year ago, the PCR test – a molecular test that diagnoses infection by detecting genetic material – has been used to distinguish the COVID-19 positives from the ...
The Department of Health has been forced to clarify a plan that said COVID-19 PCR testing would require a medical referral from January next year. The health department has clarified that PCR testing ...
New COVID-19 restrictions for international travel and other activities are fueling consumer demand for highly accurate polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests with rapid turnaround times. Some ...
You've been exposed to COVID and are starting to get symptoms. But after a couple of days of testing with rapid antigen tests (RATs), your tests remain negative. Mass PCR testing has been scaled back, ...
New York City officials released updated health and safety guidance for the coming fall Tuesday morning, quietly confirming that the Department of Education’s sweeping PCR testing program won’t be in ...
An Atlantic region scientist who studies immune system responses to viruses says he supports the further cutback in COVID-19 PCR testing, which takes effect in New Brunswick today, while an infection ...