FDA expands home testing guidelines for COVID exposure

Editor’s Note: This story is being updated. August 11, 2022 – Now might be a good time to stock up on COVID-19 testing at home. Today the FDA released new guidance on COVID testing at home. It still recommends retesting after a negative result, but also recommends that people who don’t have symptoms but think they’ve been exposed take three tests instead of two. The new guideline says: If an…

There’s no doubt that when the IATF declared Metro Manila under Alert Level 1, we were among those who breathed a sigh of relief. At long last, after more than two years of living under strict community quarantine regulations, our families can now get some semblance of how we used to live prior to the arrival of the pandemic to our shores. We started venturing out of our homes and exploring our…

New Jersey Offers Free COVID-19 Testing As Cases Soar At the Holiday Season

Rapid antigen at-home tests like these are selling out around the country, but NJ is providing COVID saliva tests delivered to your door. Photo by Guido Hofmann on Unsplash Rapid tests are selling out amid the Omicron surge, but New Jersey is stepping up with the offer of free at-home COVID saliva tests. As the year comes to a close, the coronavirus continues to ravage the globe. Throughout the…