In the early days of the pandemic, public health officials scrambled to get a read on the new viral outbreak. The CDC covered all its bases, recommending specimens be sent to them in three ways for ...

Early research suggests that the diagnostic tests most commonly used in the U.S. may not be the most effective at detecting the omicron coronavirus variant. Some Americans are using at-home tests to ...

One Canadian said it felt like a painful poke to his brain. An American heard crunching sounds in her head. A Frenchwoman suffered a severe nosebleed. Others got headaches, cried or were left in shock ...

Researchers from the University of Maryland StopCOVID Research Group have conducted a study comparing saliva and mid-turbinate nasal swabs (MTS) for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) detection and ...

A team of scientists from South Africa has recently demonstrated that saliva swabs are more effective than mid-turbinate swabs for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based detection of omicron ...

Meghan Barber uses a nasal mid-turbinate swab for a COVID-19 test on Joel Paskauskas at the free Centre County testing site run by AMI Expeditionary Healthcare on Jan. 28. Abby Drey ...

Genetic testing of saliva samples identifies the SARS-CoV-2 virus more quickly than testing of nasal swabs, according to new research. Genetic testing of saliva samples identifies the SARS-CoV-2 virus ...