Dear Dr. Roach: How reliable are home COVID-19 tests? I’ve read one article that said that if you tested negative you could be certain that you did not have COVID-19, but if you tested positive there ...

A study led by Osaka University recently found that the sensitivity of rapid antigen tests (RATs) for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 when compared with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests was 0.63 ...

Saliva-based serology assays that measure antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) antigens are important coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) markers. Serology ...

Estimation of sensitivity and specificity for diagnostic or screening tests usually requires independent confirmation of subjects as diseased or nondiseased using a gold standard. In practice, however ...

2.21 The test-retest reliability, sensitivity and specificity of the SCAT-3 for sideline testing Kimberly Harmon 1, Bridget Whelan 1, Douglas Aukerman 2, Adam Bohr 3, Heather Elkington 2, Marissa ...

Studies analyzing four molecular tests commonly used to assess malignancy in thyroid nodules have high sensitivity despite several limitations, according to findings from a systematic review and ...

Background Acute myocarditis is a potentially life-threatening cardiac condition and immediate assessment of this disease is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Galactomannan contains a sensitivity of 63% to 78% and specificity of 85% to 93%. 1, 2-beta-D-glucan has a ...

American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) gives BLUE-C study late breaker status at 2023 annual meeting with presentation of the only head-to-head study results versus FIT at ACG High specificity for ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: How reliable are home COVID-19 tests? I've read one article that said that if you tested negative you could be certain that you did not have COVID-19, but if you tested positive there ...