There are different kinds of COVID-19 tests including antigen tests, PCR and nucleic acid tests, and antibody tests. At Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories, they showed the KSBY team different rapid antigen tests, which use nasal swabs. Joe Hicks, a Point of ...

There’s a difference between teaching to the test and developing test-specific thinking that will help students effectively apply what they’ve learned all year.

At this point in the pandemic, you or someone you know has probably received at least one COVID-19 test. But do you know which kind of test you got and the strengths and weaknesses of these different tests? I’m a molecular biologist, and since April 2020 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The Minnesota Department of Health wants Minnesotans to get tested for COVID-19 before seeing family for the holidays. But there are different options now. So, which type of test is more accurate, and when might you want to take more ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – As more COVID rapid tests become available you might be thinking about what type of test is best to get. COVID testing sites are seeing thousands of people every day, but what’s the difference in tests that are out there if you ...

These days, many people use at-home COVID-19 tests when they feel ill, rather than going out to get tested by a professional. (That’s when they bother to test at all.) But for all their convenience, the antigen tests commonly used at home have never been ...

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 government formerly provided to all households for free ...

Adding a smidgen more white space here or boldfacing a word there can change how people use Google. And the search engine is trying at least 50 such tests right now. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital ...

Intelligence quotient, usually shortened to IQ, is a measure of how well someone uses information, logic, and reasoning compared to their peers. The first test for measuring IQ was developed by psychologist Alfred Binet in 1904. He believed intelligence ...