Hello! I cover the Northtowns for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — The PCR test is considered the “gold standard” for COVID ...

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO AND THE DILEMMA YOU CAN FACE IF YOU NEED YOUR TEST RESULT QUICKLY. AMANDA: WHEN IT COMES TO DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR THE CORONAVIRUS, THERE ARE TWO COMMON TESTS. THE PCR ...

If you had COVID-19 symptoms in 2020, you probably would have masked up and braved a visit to a laboratory, doctor’s office, or clinic to get a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. A health care ...

Northwestern scientists have created the fastest-ever hepatitis C diagnostic, delivering accurate results in only 15 minutes.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — You've heard a lot of talk about genomic sequencing: It's the process used in labs to detect variants of COVID-19 from PCR test samples. Some social media users falsely claim it's ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits for COVID-19 use what’s known as gene cloning – not reproductive cloning – to detect the presence or absence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but social media posts ...

Posts circulating on Facebook and Instagram claim the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will stop using its COVID-19 test because it cannot differentiate between the COVID virus and flu ...

AMMAN — Representatives of the hotel industry have urged the government to reconsider the new mandate for hotel visitors to conduct a PCR test, as it has already negatively affected the industry and ...