FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With new COVID cases in Florida on the rise, taking an easy-to-get rapid test can give you quick results. But the timing has become tricky. If you have COVID-19 symptoms ...

How to Use a Rapid Covid-19 Test at Home The BinaxNOW test, made by Abbott Laboratories, is the most widely available and commonly used over-the-counter rapid antigen test. Here's how to use it.

Instead of driving to every pharmacy within a half-mile to find a rapid COVID-19 diagnostic test, people can now get a kit for free. President Joe Biden has announced that he would make 1 billion ...

You may be able to find an over-the-counter at-home COVID-19 test at your local pharmacy, such as CVS, Rite Aid or Walgreens, but they sell out quickly when in demand. One of the most-common ones ...

If that second test comes back negative, you can assume you are in the clear and do not have COVID-19. If the test results indicate you are positive, you have COVID-19.

Starting in late September, you will be able to order another round of free COVID-19 tests from the government. Here's when ...

I tested myself for COVID-19 from the comfort of my bedroom. I had never taken a rapid test before, but the instructions were easy to follow. Rapid antigen tests are convenient, but they're not as ...

If you do get a positive test, you probably have Covid-19, but there’s still a roughly 30% chance that you don’t. If possible, you should immediately get a followup test using RT-PCR, which is ...

I know how it feels to get a perplexing result firsthand. When I first tested positive at home on a rapid antigen test during the summer of 2022, the line was so faint that it didn't even show up ...

Rapid tests work well on Omicron variants, but only if your viral load is high at the time. You need to reach a certain threshold before any test — PCR or rapid — can detect your infection.

With new COVID cases on the rise, taking an easy-to-get rapid test can give you quick results. Most of the time, though, a test after 3 to 5 days of symptoms gets a reliable result.