In the age of omicron, where COVID’s attack rate is higher than previous variants, entire households and friend groups are getting sick. If one person gets COVID, there’s a good chance others in their ...

Last month I had strep throat–level pain while living with two people who were confirmed COVID positive. Yet, several rapid tests kept telling me I was COVID-free. It’s a confusing experience shared ...

As flu cases rise across the country, here is everything to know about testing yourself for the illness at home.

BERKELEY -- False-negative rapid COVID tests are on the rise. When Carl Berger got sick earlier this year, he figured he had COVID-19 because his wife had the virus. "I think I had a headache and I ...

LOS ANGELES — At-home coronavirus screening has become a way of life for many people, but some medical experts are cautioning that one test may not be enough to definitively determine whether someone ...

You swabbed the inside of your nose and performed the at-home rapid antigen test for COVID-19 and thankfully, it was negative. Hold on. Do the test again, says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, ...

Julie Ann Justo, an infectious disease clinical pharmacist for a South Carolina hospital system, hoped Christmas week would finally be the time her family could safely gather for a reunion. Before the ...

When my 14-year-old son had a sore throat and congestion recently, I whipped out a Covid-19 rapid antigen test. Negative. The next day I tested him again. Negative. Days later when his friend tested ...