If you test negative for Covid-19 but still have symptoms that appear to be Covid-related, CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen explains what your symptoms could mean and what you should do next.

If you test negative for COVID, can you be contagious? It depends. Here's what to know about COVID testing in 2024, and what your COVID test results may mean.

If you test negative for COVID-19 using a PCR test, you are likely not infected, provided you do not have any symptoms. Symptoms may include fever, chills, shortness of breath, ...

The rest, though symptomatic, test negative. ... that rapid tests caught 92% of omicron infections and 82% of delta infections that had been confirmed on a positive PCR test.

A PCR test — which is far more sensitive than the rapid home tests we are now accustomed to taking — can show up positive long after you are actually contagious.

But PCR tests can take a day or longer to process, while rapid test results are available within 15 minutes. Advertising If you have COVID-19 symptoms and get a negative rapid test result, the FDA ...

While there is currently no requirement to test out of isolation after having COVID, Chicago's top doctor has warned that the new BA.5 omicron subvariant is making people test positive longer.

The steps for what to do if you test negative can depend on symptoms, however. If you have symptoms: The FDA recommends "people who get an initial negative result on an antigen test, take at least ...