In a study involving nearly 1,000 patients seen at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH) during a five-month period in 2022 - researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the University of ...

People can test themselves about as accurately at home with rapid antigen coronavirus tests as health care professionals using the same tests, according to a Johns Hopkins Medicine-led study published ...

The question quickly arose whether existing rapid antigen tests could detect newly emerging variants. Using clinical samples obtained from diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. from 2020 to 2023, the ...

Using clinical samples obtained from diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. from 2020 to 2023, the National Institutes of Health, through its Variant Task Force, analyzed the effectiveness of more than ...

2025 update: This federal program has ended and free tests are not current available from the government website. Federal health officials have justified the millions they have spent on device ...

The potential for IgM cross-reactivity with rheumatoid factor–positive serum samples was observed in blood tests used to detect IgM SARS-CoV-2 by means of gold immunochromatographic and enzyme-linked ...

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Scientists are advancing diagnostic tools for human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a major cause of respiratory illness in vulnerable groups. New multiplex RT-PCR assays can detect multiple viruses with high ...

The question quickly arose whether existing rapid antigen tests could detect newly emerging variants. Using clinical samples obtained from diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. from 2020 to 2023, the ...