You don't need a prescription to purchase a test that will tell you whether you're sick with COVID or the flu. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with a focus on health technology, eye care, ...

A 2022 study estimates that at-home flu tests have a sensitivity of about 63% if the test is performed within 72 hours of ...

So when and how should you use them? By Dani Blum Yet again this winter, millions of Americans will wonder if a nagging cough or body aches is a sign they’re coming down with Covid or the flu. This ...

These days, many people use at-home COVID-19 tests when they feel ill, rather than going out to get tested by a professional. (That’s when they bother to test at all.) But for all their convenience, ...

Starting Monday, American households can now apply to receive four free at-home COVID-19 tests from the U.S. government, though they might appear to be expired. Once again, the U.S. government is ...

The U.S. government is mailing out another round of free COVID tests to households that sign up. Older COVID tests still may be in your cupboard and OK to use, but you must verify the test’s ...

The FDA has extended the shelf life for some COVID-19 tests. Now that allergy season is here, many are finding themselves with symptoms asking: Is it allergies or a cold? COVID? Something else? Since ...

In many ways COVID-19 has changed the way medicine and treatments work. During peak COVID wave, at-home test kits became a more accepted part of medical care for people, as stepping outside and ...

As summer comes to an end, COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in California. While respiratory viruses usually peak in the winter, the novel coronavirus can also surge in the warmer months.

More than four years since the coronavirus ignited a global pandemic, the virus officially named SARS-CoV-2 keeps evolving — and so does our understanding of how it works. Some of our early ...

Telling others about a positive COVID test can help them get treatment early, if needed. (Getty Images) Like COVID vaccine cards and social distancing signs, many of the precautions and etiquette so ...

Seemingly expired COVID test kits continued to prove useful as health officials advised New Yorkers to check for extended expiration dates on the at-home respiratory virus fighting tool. The COVID ...