The tests detect COVID-19 and flu strains A and B. They use a nose swab and a solution mix, which you drop into the test tube ...

As the nation experiences what many experts believe is the second-largest wave of COVID infections since the pandemic started, many Americans will be checking to make sure they don’t have the ...

Some medical experts are debating whether you should swab your throat when doing an at-home COVID-19 test. Some say swabbing your throat - and your nose - may boost the chances a home test can detect ...

At the start of the pandemic, many people had COVID-19 symptoms at the forefront of their minds: high fever, shortness of breath, fatigue and a loss of taste and smell. But as the virus continued to ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

Tanya Lewis: Hi, this is Your Health, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series! Josh Fischman: We bring you the latest vital health news: Discoveries that affect your body and your mind. Lewis: ...

The reason why some patients have only mild symptoms and recover quickly and others fall seriously ill remains one of the many mysteries of COVID-19. However, a team at Boston Children’s hospital has ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Why is the BA.5 COVID-19 variant spreading so quickly? A UCSF infectious disease expert is now saying it is testing -- not bad behavior -- that may be causing the rapid ...

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