Countries straining to contain a second wave of COVID-19 are turning to faster, cheaper but less accurate tests to avoid the delays and shortages that have plagued efforts to diagnose and trace those ...

Siemens Healthineers on Wednesday announced the launch of a rapid antigen test kit in Europe to detect coronavirus infections, but warned that the industry may struggle to meet a surge in demand.

Prince Edward Island's government says it will end free access to COVID-19 rapid antigen tests when its current supply runs out, citing low and stable rates of the virus over the past few months. In a ...

The days of free at-home COVID-19 tests may be over, but the virus certainly hasn’t gone away. With symptoms that overlap ...

As flu season arrives, a new highly infectious COVID-19 variant, Stratus (XFG), is driving a surge in US cases, first identified in Southeast Asia. Wi ...

Pig-to-human kidney transplants. A blood test for Alzheimer’s. Birth control without a prescription. These were just a few of the advancements in health and medicine in 2024. An illustration showing ...

Prostate cancer blood tests can lead to men being over-tested, while those who need help may be missed, a large study has ...

Stephanie Lee, MD, MPH, professor and associate director, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, discusses a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology assessing how to improve ...

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 ...

Researchers say people using a common allergy nasal spray, azelastine, were 69% less likely to contract COVID-19.