What's the Deal With COVID Testing Now? Doctors Explain When to Test, How to Get Them and More

There's still a lot of confusion around the best time to take a COVID test and where to get them. Here, experts share their ...
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PCR vs. Rapid Test for COVID-19: Which Should You Take?

Two types of COVID-19 tests, the rapid antigen test and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, are available in the United States. The PCR typically relies on lab testing and is still considered ...
USA Today

Fact check: PCR tests are 'gold standard' for detecting COVID infection, no link to cloning

Researchers often call the polymerase chain reaction test – known as the PCR test – "the gold standard" for detecting the COVID-19 virus. The test is considered highly reliable and effective, and it ...
Scientific American

Easy-to-Use CRISPR Tests Could Change How We Diagnose COVID and Other Illnesses

When COVID first hit, waiting days for laboratory results from an ultrasensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test was commonplace. Faster tests usable by anyone, anywhere, later became widely ...