Medicine & TechnologyRT-PCR test may be considered the gold standard of testing, but there is also a time and place for a rapid antigen test. Here's when each test is best to use.
Scientists are watching out for a possible twindemic they dubbed as "flurona" or the combined infection of influenza virus and coronavirus that was first detected in Israel last week.
A new study recently revealed that aside from neutralizing, antibodies are distorting viruses too, thereby stopping them from properly attaching to, and entering cells.
To help those in a quest for the right thing to do and places to go after receiving a COVID-19 positive result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has set guidelines for those who tested positive or suspected that they were exposed to an infected person.
A medical expert recently emphasized the need to wear a surgical mask instead of the one made with cloth material to ensure protection from the COVID-19 virus.
Riverside authorities have already asked employees of Mastro's Steakhouse to get tested for COVID-19 after recording an outbreak that included the first known Omicron variant case in Coachella Valley.
In 2020, flu cases were very low likely due to health protocols present to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But experts expect this year it will push health agencies to their breaking point with the pandemic still around.
Experts discuss how bad it is to get a booster shot while the person has COVID-19. But should you get a booster shot when you already have the infection?
Cross-party members of the Parliament on Wednesday received a report that supports the Wuhan lab leak claim on the origins of COVID-19 based on the unique feature of SARS-CoV-2, called furin cleavage.
Scientists from Sandia have created a novel antibody countermeasures platform that only need 90 days to develop virus countermeasures for future emerging viruses.
While one study showed some mouthwashes may help reduce viral load in the mouth, they do not kill the virus in the lungs or nose, and they cannot cure COVID-19, too.