Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matt Binnicker is the CSO for Mayo Collaborative Services. There are now over 40 antigen tests that have received emergency use ...
The first challenge with rapid at-home self tests for COVID-19 is getting one. But once you have a test, there are now growing questions about what body part you should swab to get the most accurate ...
As the omicron variant continues to sweep the United States, the FDA is being urged to gather more information about how well at-home Covid tests are able to detect the modified virus. Mounting ...
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers developed a high-throughput, rapid antigen severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein detection ...
Preliminary evidence suggests that rapid tests like Abbott BinaxNOW and Quidel QuickVue struggle to detect the omicron variant during an individual’s first few days of infection. AzmanL via Getty ...
The BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test is an FDA-approved at-home test kit. It can detect active infections with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in ...
Some 50% of people who test positive for Covid-19 on a rapid test after five days of infection are likely no longer contagious, a Journal of the American Medical Association study released on ...
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and collaborating institutions report that a rapid antigen test for SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—proved highly accurate when compared to the ...
In a large prospective study of just over 1,000 patients ages 17 and younger who were seen at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH) testing site during a seven-month period last year, ...