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 ...

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Chinese scientists say they have developed a new coronavirus test that is as accurate as a PCR lab test but gives results within four minutes. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are widely ...

July 25 (UPI) --Scientists at Columbia University unveiled research Monday they said is "a step closer" toward bringing polymerase chain reaction, known as PCR, testing for COVID-19 and other viruses ...

Researchers at Imperial College London say they have developed a novel lab-on-a-chip infection test that could provide less expensive and faster portable diagnostics. The chip, known as TriSilix, is a ...

ATLANTA — As coronavirus research continues to evolve, so does the spread of misinformation. Now there's a new claim making the rounds and questioning the accuracy of COVID-19 testing. Our VERIFY team ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BiologyWorks™, Inc., a digital healthcare platform company, today announced that a substantive clinical trial of its handheld, reusable molecular test for COVID-19 ...

New guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) withdrawing their request for Emergency Use Authorization for a coronavirus test introduced in February 2020 do not mean ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday that the first shipments of about 170,000 rapid COVID-19 tests manufactured by Abbott Labs are being distributed across the state. But there ...

A PCR test is often considered the gold standard for detecting coronavirus infection. It’s the test some employers want employees to take before returning to work after having Covid-19, and the one ...