For three pandemic years, people with runny noses and fevers have sweated out a tough question: “Is this COVID, which has killed more than a million Americans, or is it a more familiar flu?” Many of ...

TORONTO, Dec. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As Canada enters peak respiratory illness season, Canadians now have access to the first Health Canada-approved at-home COVID-19 and Influenza A/B ...

Following a weekend of Labor Day travel amid an uptick of COVID-19 hospitalizations, many people are wondering where to get free COVID test kits in 2023, whether by mail or with insurance. Levels of ...

A false positive result is possible with a rapid COVID-19 test. It happens when a person does not have COVID-19 but still tests positive for the disease. People can use a rapid COVID-19 test at home ...

You don't need a prescription to purchase a test that will tell you whether you're sick with COVID or the flu. Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with a focus on health technology, eye care, ...

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 ...

Testing positive for COVID-19 is not exactly a positive experience. After all, wanting to go viral these days doesn’t tend to mean wanting to be infected by the severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

With flu and RSV seasons set to soon heighten, when should you test for COVID if you are sick and how often? The federal government recently resumed its program of shipping out free COVID tests to ...

With COVID-19 cases on the rise again in the U.S., Americans are reviving a familiar precautionary measure: Screening for the virus using rapid at-home tests. Many people still have kits the ...

As the nation experiences what many experts believe is the second-largest wave of COVID infections since the pandemic started, many Americans will be checking to make sure they don’t have the ...