SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. — Changing international COVID-19 testing rules, lax governmental regulation, and rapidly developing technologies have created confusion when it comes to PCR testing, the ...

But, with a PCR test, it's going to be better at asymptomatic infection and early infection," Angus said. Angus says the testing regiment is costing the family about $1,500.

US researchers have developed an innovative smartphone-based kit that can test saliva samples for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Early studies have found the cheap system is as ...

A new rapid PCR COVID-19 test invented by Northwestern University faculty and Minute Molecular Diagnostics has received FDA emergency use authorization.

The equipment and supplies will be used to support student research projects. They include four centrifuges, three real-time PCR machines, hundreds of gloves and pipets and two full sets of pipettors.

PCR testing requires specialized lab equipment that duplicates and magnifies genetic material from your sample to search for virus particles. The test takes a few hours to run.

Some colleges have installed COVID-19 test vending machines as the omicron variant continues to spread. One school offers self-serve PCR tests for students.

As SARS-C0V-2 variants emerged, researchers developed a PCR test that uses molecular beacons not only to diagnose COVID-19 infection, but also to identify the specific variant causing that infection.