Business Wire

Quidel Opens New Manufacturing Facility to Mass Produce QuickVue® Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL) (“Quidel”), a leading provider of rapid diagnostic testing solutions, cellular-based virology assays and molecular diagnostic systems, ...
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Quidel's (QDEL) Antigen Tests Successful in Omicron Detection

Quidel Corporation QDEL recently confirmed the efficacy of its antigen tests concerning continued detection of COVID-19 variants, including Omicron. The company has been at the forefront of the battle ...
Self

Your Rapid COVID Test May Not Detect Omicron—Here’s What You Need to Know

Some antigen tests, including the rapid COVID-19 test made by the Abbott BinaxNOW and Quidel QuickVue brands, may fail to detect if you have omicron, according to new data released this week. In ...
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Quidel's Antigen Tests Detect Omicron Variant

(RTTNews) - Quidel Corp. (QDEL) said that its QuickVue At-Home OTC COVID-19 Test and Sofia SARS Antigen FIA are detecting the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. The company said on December 22, the U.S. Food ...
STAT

Study raises doubts about rapid Covid tests’ reliability in early days after infection

A new study raises significant doubts about whether at-home rapid antigen tests can detect the Omicron variant before infected people can transmit the virus to others. The study looks at 30 people ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Should You Add a Throat Swab to Your At-Home Covid-19 Test?

Preliminary evidence suggests that rapid tests like Abbott BinaxNOW and Quidel QuickVue struggle to detect the omicron variant during an individual’s first few days of infection. AzmanL via Getty ...
Yahoo

4 reasons your rapid COVID-19 test might show a false result

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rapid tests are a quick and convenient way to learn about your COVID-19 status. The timing, temperature, and even what you eat ...
Salon

While many Americans are frustrated by false negatives, experts say at-home tests still have plenty of utility

As COVID-19 case numbers have been slowly rising across the United States, Americans are turning to at-home rapid antigen tests to suss out whether they are sick from a good-old fashioned cold, the ...
Yahoo

How to Check if Your Expired At-Home COVID Test Is Still Good to Use

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Covid-19 at home Rapid Test Kit The FDA has extended the shelf life for some COVID-19 tests. Now that allergy season is here, many ...
Salon

How reliable are at-home COVID tests? Here’s what we know

As the omicron variant continues to spread across the United States, at-home COVID-19 antigen tests have become an in-demand item. During the holiday season, at-home tests became stocking stuffers.
Business Wire

Quidel’s Antigen Tests Detect the Omicron Variant

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL) (“Quidel”), a provider of rapid diagnostic testing solutions, cellular-based virology assays and molecular diagnostic systems, issued the ...