The Food and Drug Administration has granted authorization of a COVID-19 and flu test that can be used without a prescription. The authorization, announced Monday, uses a nasal swab to detect the ...

Breaking out the tissues? It's that time of year! But what kind of sickness do your symptoms point to? As the weather changes, we can start feeling under the weather too — but while each illness has a ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- There's no running from it. Flu season is in full swing, but now medical experts say how you get tested for the flu may also be a problem. The most commonly used test, called ...

The flu is one of the most common and contagious diseases — it causes up to 41 million illnesses, 710,000 hospitalizations and 52,000 deaths each year in the US, according to the Centers for Disease ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Sarah Loyd of Pevely holds her son, Rhys Hilker, as Dr. Dan Bruzzini gives her the results of Rhys' flu swab Monday Jan. 9, 2012 ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- The convenience and reliability of at-home COVID tests are ushering in a new era of testing for other diseases. A Bay Area biotech firm is seeking approval for a self-test ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA just approved a new at-home test that can tell you if you have COVID-19 or the flu. You can buy it without a prescription at a store. You use a swab to take a ...