A PCR test is considered the gold standard for detecting coronavirus infection after exposure to Covid-19 or while you’re experiencing symptoms. Coronavirus test experts explain why the rapid ...

CDC withdrawing PCR test to focus on other goals. On July 21, the CDC announced it would withdraw the request for an emergency use authorization for the agency-developed PCR test after Dec. 31 ...

That’s the at home test, its usually very rapid and the PCR test. That’s the test that we use in the hospital,” said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at UCSF ...

According to Tallur, in the absence of affordable testing equipment many students of molecular biology and bioengineering are usually shown only a demo of a PCR by lab technicians, with little or ...

There’s a big difference between the standard at-home antigen test and a molecular (PCR or NAAT) test. Molecular tests are the ones you want when accurate testing is important. Here are four ...

At-home rapid tests for COVID-19 are more convenient. But experts say there are still times when a PCR test is useful.

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

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet ...

For an antigen test, the median was $42 compared to $62 for PCR. For at-home rapid tests as of April 20 the average was about $11 per test. Most of those tests cost between $12 to $24 per pack ...

India developed a home-grown RT-PCR testing kit for Monkeypox, a virus recently declared a global health concern by WHO. The Siemens Healthineers' 'IMDX Monkeypox Detection RT-PCR Assay' received ...