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Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Millions of Americans have purchased rapid COVID-19 tests online or at local stores and signed up to receive test kits through a free government program. Unlike conventional, lab-processed PCR tests, which may detect infection earlier in the course of illness but can take days to get a result, at-home rapid tests can let you know if you are likely contagious in less than 15 minutes. Many specialists see them as a crucial tool in the off-ramp to the pandemic -- assuming Americans know how and when to use them. Public health specia...

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - When you should be using your at-home COVID tests

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - When you should be using your at-home COVID tests

Dr. Simone Wildes, of South Shore Health, discusses effectiveness of boosters and whether it's too late to get one

Jasmine Merdan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Many continue to worry about experiencing side effects from vaccines -- especially the COVID-19 vaccines -- but new data from a comprehensive meta-analysis suggests there is little to fear. The study from Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center found that a large number of side effects reported by patients after receiving their shot can be attributed to the placebo effect. Researchers examined 12 vaccine safety trials, involving thousands of people, and compared rates of side effects reported between those who received a placebo shot and those who received...