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Your Negative COVID Test Is Basically Meaningless - The Atlantic

A New Test Can Help Reveal If You're Immune to COVID-19 | Time : There are limits to what the test can reveal. Experts are still trying to find what are known as “correlates of protection” for COVID-19: measurable indicators that suggest an individual is protected enough that they are unlikely to get sick. For now, testing for antibodies or T cells can’t give you a yes-or-no answer about whether it’s safe to go to a concert or party without fear of catching the virus, for example. It just gives you one more data point to factor into your risk calculation

COVIDtests.gov goes live again with more free tests : NPR

UVA Health experts say some COVID-19 tests won’t detect omicron subvariant : You’re going to have to be extra careful next time you go shopping for an at-home COVID-19 test.

FDA authorizes first Covid-19 breath test : The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized the first Covid-19 test that uses breath samples.

SD BIOSENSOR, Issues Notification of Voluntary Recall of ‘STANDARD Q COVID-19 Ag Home Test’ | FDA

Poison Control warns COVID-19 tests contain toxic chemical : Poison control officials want to make sure the 60 million people who have ordered at-home COVID-19 test kits are being careful with the contents.

Stop Using Empowered Diagnostics COVID-19 Tests: FDA Safety Communication | FDA : These tests have not been authorized, cleared, or approved. The FDA is concerned about the higher risk of false results when using these tests. Empowered Diagnostics is recalling the CovClear COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test and the ImmunoPass COVID-19 Neutralizing Antibody Rapid Test, and the FDA has identified this issue as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall.  

Stop Using LuSys Laboratories COVID-19 Tests: FDA Safety Communication | FDA

Taking A COVID Rapid Test? You May Want To Swab Your Nose And Throat. | HuffPost Life : Swabbing both areas when using an at-home test might give more accurate results in certain cases. Here's why and how to do it.

When to Test offers free online tool to help individuals make informed COVID-19 testing decisions | National Institutes of Health (NIH) : The new impact calculator indicates whether a person should get a test.

Potential for False Positive Results with Abbott Molecular Inc. Alinity m SARS-CoV-2 AMP and Alinity m Resp-4-Plex AMP Kits - Letter to Clinical Laboratory Staff and Health Care Providers | FDA

At-home COVID-19 tests recalled amid false-positive results | WGN-TV : A number of Ellume brand at-home COVID-19 test kits are being recalled after an increased number of false-positive test results.

Cheap covid-19 antibody test shows if you have immunity in 5 minutes | New Scientist : A cheap and accurate test that can tell if people have covid-19 antibodies could be used to monitor population immunity from past infections as well as vaccines

Faster and cheaper COVID-19 testing using pencil lead

CDC now says vaccinated should be tested after COVID exposure, even without symptoms

FDA accuses firm of distributing an unapproved Covid-19 test - STAT