The tests won’t check for every respiratory virus, but they mark the first time the public can test for flu at home. The tests use self-collected nasal swabs, with results ready within 15 to 30 ...

By some measures, this year’s flu season is the worst in 15 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ...

“This is the first year that you have been able to get any sort of a flu test fully at home, and … adoption takes a while,” she said.Purchases of the tests have increased in recent ...