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By Nathaniel Hafer
| Kashmir Vision
KV News Text Size Print This Page By: Nathaniel Hafer By September 2020, just six months after COVID-19 triggered shutdowns across the US, it was clear that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had mutated from its original form. The question quickly arose whether existing rapid antigen tests could detect newly emerging variants.
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Guest column: 'Testing the tests' for COVID-19

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By Nathaniel Hafer, Anuradha Rao, Apurv Soni
| Yahoo
Using clinical samples obtained from diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. from 2020 to 2023, the National Institutes of Health, through its variant task force, analyzed the effectiveness of more than 100 rapid antigen test kits on over 300 variants. The vast majority of the kits were able to detect new as well as previously known variants. We are a team of researchers who have spent the past few years researching COVID-19 tests for their accuracy and performance.
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COVID-19 rapid tests still work against new variants – researchers keep assessing them and they pass

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By Nathaniel Hafer, Anuradha Rao, Apurv Soni
| Philly Voice
By September 2020, just six months after COVID-19 triggered shutdowns across the U.S., it was clear that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had mutated from its original form. The question quickly arose whether existing rapid antigen tests could detect newly emerging variants. MORE: How often should jeans be washed to keep them germ-free?
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