Sudurpaschim Province has halted collection of throat swab samples for five days. Province Health Directorate Office Dhangadi said it had stopped collecting swab samples as more than 1,000 swabs were ...

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) OAKLAND, Calif., May 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Abiogenix and FATHOM have partnered to bridge the spiral nasopharyngeal (NP) swab test kit shortage.* Over 150 NP swab designs were ...

As the highly transmissible Delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 surges in the United States and around the world, rapid and accessible COVID-19 testing and increased vaccination are key to ...

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there has been a global surge in demand for nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs, a key element in testing for SARS-CoV-2. Singapore is no exception. Commercially available NP ...

As testing for the novel coronavirus continues to scale up, a new study finds that saliva samples are a “preferable” indicator for infection than the deep nasal swabs now widely used. The study led by ...

In a meta-analysis, researchers found that sputum was more accurate than nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swabs. The study also shows early testing increased rates of COVID-19 diagnosis. Early and ...

A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital shows that sputum testing detected the RNA of the virus that causes COVID-19 at significantly higher rates while oropharyngeal swab ...

Saliva testing for COVID-19 may work as well as, if not better than, current testing protocol, potentially saving the world time, money and lives. A preprint of a potentially game-changing paper, ...