Rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 are quicker and easier, but also less accurate, than the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests that Canada has relied upon during the pandemic. But as various ...

Want to use a rapid COVID-19 test to be safer over the holidays? Dr. Peter Juni, from the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, explains how to properly use one and how the tests work.

If you’ve stopped by a drug store lately, you may have noticed there are now shelves of over-the-counter rapid COVID-19 antigen tests available for purchase. They’re cheap, they’re easy to use and ...

As rapid antigen tests become one of Saskatchewan’s primary tools in the fight against the pandemic’s fifth wave, most residents have at least one of the small boxes at home. Hearing reports of people ...

The rapid spread and high infection rate of the Omicron variant have prompted a run on COVID-19 tests at doctor’s offices, pharmacies, and other businesses that carry at-home tests. Making matters ...

While the federal government has distributed 15.4 million rapid tests, a Global News analysis shows the use of rapid tests varies widely across the country and adding up answers from all the ...

On a recent weekday afternoon, a fishing vessel called the Arctic Endurance prepared to depart from Mulgrave, N.S., for a month-long clam harvesting trip. Blustery winds blew snow across the ship as ...

After prime minister Boris Johnson declared an “omicron emergency” on Sunday night, as the new variant of Covid-19 continues to spread rapidly, people have rushed to order lateral flow tests online.

Canadian energy giant Suncor will focus its COVID-19 rapid-testing efforts on hundreds of fly-in, fly-out workers that will be conducting planned maintenance in northern Alberta over the coming spring ...

The FDA has extended the shelf life for some COVID-19 tests. Now that allergy season is here, many are finding themselves with symptoms asking: Is it allergies or a cold? COVID? Something else? Since ...

ENGLEWOOD, CO / ACCESSWIRE / June 1, 2020 / Aytu BioScience, Inc. (AYTU), a specialty pharmaceutical company (the "Company") focused on commercializing novel products that address significant medical ...