We're now pretty used to swabbing our nose to test for COVID when we have a scratchy throat or new cough. But should we also be using our rapid antigen test (RAT) to swab our throat, as some social ...

We’re currently navigating an eighth wave of COVID infections in Australia. However the threat COVID poses to us is significantly less than it has ever been, thanks to immunity we’ve acquired through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flu season has begun uncharacteristically early this year, and so far we’ve seen around 187,000 laboratory-confirmed cases, 1,323 ...

You have the telltale signs of COVID — fever, headache, dry cough and exhaustion — but your rapid antigen test is returning a negative result. You're not alone. So, if you're testing negative on a RAT ...

You've tested negative for COVID using a rapid antigen test (RAT), but are a close contact of a positive family member and have symptoms. So you might be wondering if you're really COVID-negative or ...

As we head toward the festive season amid an eighth wave of infections, testing for COVID-19 continues to be important. Here are four things to know about testing in this wave. A new wave of COVID-19 ...

Whether RATs can adequately detect Omicron has been raised by authorities and researchers in various countries. Source: Getty / NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images You’ve tested negative for COVID ...