The polymerase chain reaction — or PCR — test is the gold standard for detecting infection for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and billions of such tests have been conducted worldwide. Now, due to this ...

A PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 was developed within a couple of weeks of its genome being sequenced. Seegene believes it will also help diagnose and contain the spread of new pathogens in the community ...

Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...

The automated real-time PCR-based test detects DNA from the virus that causes mpox using a dual-target approach and runs on Roche's high-throughput Cobas 6800/8800 systems. The EUL process is intended ...

The WHO has listed the Alinity m MPXV assay for mpox testing under its Emergency Use Listing, enhancing global diagnostic ...

Available again this year from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, households can now order four free at-home ...

PCR testing is more accurate than an antigen test — because it’s more sensitive ... For more ideas on how to find a free or low-cost COVID-19 test near you, see the KQED guide, which includes finding ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the first Mpox diagnostic test for emergency use for early diagnosis to ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed the first mpox in vitro diagnostic (IVD) under its Emergency Use Listing (EUL) ...

The Alinity m MPXV assay is a real-time PCR test that enables detection of monkeypox virus (clade I/II) DNA from human skin lesion swabs. "This first mpox diagnostic test listed under the ...

Your travel guide to the Med Scotland said it would simplify ... all vaccinated travellers had been told to pay for a private PCR test two days after they arrived back home. We were told that ...