CDC to drop 'gold standard' COVID test
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PCR tests, long hailed as the "gold standard" in detecting SARS-Cov-2 cases, will be dropped by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the beginning of next year.
Polymerase chain reaction tests have been a mainstay of the U.S. and global response to COVID-19 since early in 2020, but health officials have warned the diagnostic tool poses a risk of false-positive results.
The test works by amplifying a biological sample through successive cycles until a virus — if it's present in the assay — can be detected by the testing machine.
The CDC announced this month that it would be withdrawing its request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the emergency use authorization of the test. The agency urged laboratories to "begin their transition to another FDA-authorized COVID-19 test."