Reuters

Fact Check: List of viruses circulating on social media do not cause positive COVID-19 RT-PCR tests

Viruses that cause measles and the common cold do not produce false-positive COVID-19 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests, contrary to posts circulating widely online. A ...
Reuters

Fact Check: The CDC did not say PCR tests are incapable of detecting COVID-19

Guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for clinical laboratories using tests other than PCRs that can simultaneously detect influenza and SARS-CoV-2 have again been ...
Labroots

Panel Presentation: Multiplex RT-PCR to Accurately Detect and Differentiate Respiratory Viruses Presenting Similar Clinical Symptoms

Last year, while experts were concerned about the “twindemic”, the flu season was virtually non-existent due to COVID-19 public health countermeasures. With COVID-19 vaccination rollouts and ...
iaea.org

COVID-19 Real-Time RT–PCR Testing Explained

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 ...
Science Daily

Rapid, at-home prototype saliva test that's as good as RT-PCR

At-home COVID-19 tests have become an easy way to self-diagnose. But current tests have drawbacks, such as the length of time it takes to get an answer, or how accurately the test can identify a ...