Researchers often call the polymerase chain reaction test – known as the PCR test – "the gold standard" for detecting the COVID-19 virus. The test is considered highly reliable and effective, and it ...

There's still a lot of confusion around the best time to take a COVID test and where to get them. Here, experts share their ...

NEWARK, Calif. (KGO) -- Desperate attempts Sunday night to try to get PCR COVID tests as the holiday weekend wraps up, there are reports of seven-hour long lines in the East Bay city of Newark. This ...

People that are not insured may soon have to pay for their next COVID-19 test in the U.S. Quest Diagnostics told ABC News that patients who are not on Medicare, Medicaid or don't have a private health ...

Tufts University is switching to a pooled COVID-19 testing procedure for the 2021–22 academic year; pooled testing processes up to 10 samples at once, performing the same polymerase chain reaction ...

Health Ministry lifts mandatory COVID-19 testing for organ transplants, preserving organs from asymptomatic donors while ...

In New York City, the number of people taking official COVID-19 tests — those traditional PCR tests given at hospitals and clinics – is the lowest it’s been since May 2020. Back then, the U.S. was ...

Vermont’s Covid-19 community levels remained “low” this past week, the state Department of Health reported Wednesday, rounding out the month of February with consistently low community levels. The ...