In a Sept. 9 speech, U.S. President Joe Biden pledged to increase production of rapid tests amid a raft of measures designed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic ( bit.ly/3D8eXac). “From the start, America ...

Thea van de Mortel teaches into the graduate Infection Prevention and Control program at Griffith University. With Christmas around the corner and COVID-19 case numbers rising, it’s important to keep ...

Posts circulating on Facebook and Instagram claim the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will stop using its covid-19 test because it cannot differentiate between the covid virus and flu ...

There are a number of different ways to test for COVID-19, some of which are able to diagnose an active infection and others that look for the presence of antibodies in an individual’s blood. Let’s ...

ATLANTA — As coronavirus research continues to evolve, so does the spread of misinformation. Now there's a new claim making the rounds and questioning the accuracy of COVID-19 testing. Our VERIFY team ...

Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...

Viruses that cause measles and the common cold do not produce false-positive COVID-19 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests, contrary to posts circulating widely online. A ...

Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been the gold standard for diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the PCR portion of the test requires bulky, expensive machines ...

PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infinity BiologiX, LLC (IBX). On December 14, 2021, New Jersey State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli announced that the New Jersey Department of Health will ...

The central government has made RT-PCR test mandatory for any minister who is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid the rising COVID-19 cases in the country, sources said. Additionally, ...

ATLANTA — As coronavirus research continues to evolve, so does the spread of misinformation. Now there's a new claim making the rounds and questioning the accuracy of COVID-19 testing. Our VERIFY team ...