Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Covid-19 at home Rapid Test Kit The FDA has extended the shelf life for some COVID-19 tests. Now that allergy season is here, many ...

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 ...

It's never a bad time to stock up.

SAN FRANCISCO -- There has been a lot of talk about testing for the coronavirus, but you may not entirely understand what the different tests are for. The coronavirus makes some people sick, some ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MD Key Takeaways PCR tests are very accurate and can find the virus even in people without symptoms.Rapid tests can be done at home and show results in ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. These days, many people use at-home COVID-19 tests when they feel ill, rather than going out to get tested by a professional.

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 ...

Do you have a sore throat, a runny nose and muscle aches? It could be a common cold, a case of the flu -- or COVID-19. The illnesses all share similar symptoms, sometimes making it hard to distinguish ...

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 ...