Experts agree that reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is critical in controlling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but decision makers disagree on how much testing is ...

A team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States, recently conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness of serial testing and isolation of healthcare ...

Increased Covid-19 testing has the “greatest influence” on reducing transmission and is the “only known approach” that can nearly eliminate the disease without a vaccine, a new study finds, showing ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. HIV testing centers across the US showed reductions in testing of nearly 50% during the height of ...

Proactive, frequent rapid testing of all students for COVID-19 is more effective at preventing large transmission clusters in schools than measures that are only initiated when someone develops ...

Michael Mina, MD, PhD, is an epidemiologist, immunologist, and physician. He routinely advises federal and international governments on public health programs. He was previously a professor at the ...