Tokyo — Researchers in Japan announced "game changing" research this week that found simple saliva tests for COVID-19 are just as reliable as the widely used, but more complicated and uncomfortable, ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid (antigen) tests for COVID-19 both involve taking a swab. Results for a PCR test take longer, as it needs to go to a laboratory. It is more costly but tends to ...

After her children were exposed to COVID, Megan, a woman in Illinois, took them to get tested. A rapid test from the local drugstore might have sufficed, but her son Brennan really did not like the ...

At first blush, you might reasonably dismiss the rapid, saliva-based antigen assay for coronavirus. What possible purpose can a test serve in a pandemic if it misses, say, 30 of every 100 infections ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The BD MAX Respiratory Viral Panel detected and differentiated between influenza A and B respiratory syncytial ...

Tulane University announced Friday that it's researchers have developed a blood test that can detect COVID-19 cases missed by nasal swab PCR tests. The research results were published in The Journal ...

Thea van de Mortel teaches into the graduate Infection Prevention and Control program at Griffith University. With Christmas around the corner and COVID-19 case numbers rising, it’s important to keep ...

Prefer an adorable dog licking your face over an invasive swab up the nose? That's a research-driven option now in testing for the coronavirus. Trained dogs have shown signs of being more effective at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — A MRSA PCR nasal swab showed promise as a tool for antimicrobial stewardship in a large study of ...

While they've been the gold standard to identify positive coronavirus cases around the world for more than a year, PCR tests still aren't trusted by some social media users. An Oct. 4 Instagram post ...