By providing quantitative information about Covid-19 infection, PCR testing can help guide isolation and return to school or work policies.

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

Molecular testing is evolving rapidly, with an increasing number of tests available. For example, COVID-19 PCR tests are a type of molecular testing that scientists rapidly developed in response ...

A new biotechnology company in McKinney has ambitions to become the world’s first fully integrated platform for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing — the same technology behind a common COVID-19 ...

Free at-home Covid tests can be ordered starting Monday. Here’s what you should know about when to test and what the results mean as new variants circulate.

But lab-based PCR tests amplify the genetic material in a different way to this home-based test. So, strictly speaking, this new test is not a PCR test. The new test isn’t a RAT either.

Steps to properly take the monkeypox RT-PCR test Before taking the test, it is essential to follow the instructions provided by healthcare professionals carefully.

PCR testing of dried blood spots demonstrated a high sensitivity to identify infants with congenital cytomegalovirus in a study conducted in Minnesota, the first state to mandate congenital CMV ...

Cruise lines are changing their COVID testing policies, but tests are still required in many cases.

PCR-testing capacity is shrinking as funding declines and people test at home before work, school and gatherings or forgo screening.