New COVID variant is spreading across CA. What are symptoms? Do tests still work?

Here's what to know about the latest COVID strain - and how to tell if your at-home test is still good to use.

The Four Rapid COVID PCR Tests You Can Take at Home (and Why You Should)

Last week, I was about to go on a date, and because I'm severely immunocompromised, we agreed he would take a COVID test ...
GEN

Cas12a-Based Diagnostic Test Strips Likened to “PCR in Your Pocket”

At the start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic people who felt unwell had to join long queues for lab-based PCR tests and then wait for two days to learn if they were infected with the COVID-19 virus or not.
NBC Chicago

COVID testing: how often should you test and when?

Amid a rise in COVID cases and the start of fall allergies, flu and RSV season, experts say testing is an important tool heading into the cooler month. With more people testing positive for COVID once ...
MedCity News

PCR Comes to the Home With FDA Authorization of Visby’s OTC Sexual Health Test

PCR is a mainstay in diagnostics, but whether a sample is collected at a clinic or at home, such tests require sending a sample to a lab and then waiting for results. A new FDA authorized ...