Respiratory diseases, like COVID-19, flu, strep throat and RSV, are frequent within the fall and winter. Because COVID-19, influenza and RSV signs can overlap, it isn’t at all times straightforward to inform them aside.
Taking a house antigen check for COVID-19 is an easy first step for those who really feel unwell or had been uncovered to the virus.
But what about these COVID-19 exams you’ve got had for the final 12 months? Are they nonetheless good? Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, provides some steerage about COVID-19 testing.
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