COVID-19 test

COVID-19 infection undercount: CDC says actual victims likely closer to 20 million Americans and many more deaths
[A new] estimate [suggests that 20 million Americans have been infected with COVID-19,] roughly 10 times as many infections as ...
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Infographic: Racing to create affordable at-home test for COVID-19
To stretch beyond the lab, test developers are racing to produce next-stage technologies that could allow for rapid widespread testing ...

Viewpoint: We can’t simply test our way out of the coronavirus pandemic
In response to calls for Covid-19 testing of the entire U.S. population, several large universities, and even some employers, have ...

Are coronavirus antigen tests the key to finding a way out of the pandemic crisis?
PCR testing isn’t perfect, but it’s seen as the most accurate form of testing available for viruses. Unfortunately, it takes ...

‘It’s going to be a project’: Looking at unconventional efforts to ramp up our coronavirus testing ability
Right now, [coronavirus] gene tests—the most accurate kind—are run only in labs or on special hospital instruments. But [biotech entrepreneur ...

Can you get reinfected? 2% of recovered coronavirus patients in South Korea test positive for the disease
In South Korea, health officials are trying to solve a mystery: why 163 people who recovered from coronavirus have retested ...

These 2 ‘crucial and very different’ tests could help us contain the coronavirus
Amidst a slew of shortages and logistical hurdles, American researchers are now slowly rolling out two crucial and very different ...