The new test may catch active tuberculosis in those with low access to health care or who have trouble making the phlegm ...

A simple swab of the tongue could make it easier to do tuberculosis testing and diagnose millions of cases earlier.

There is a growing debate on whether people testing for omicron should swab their throats. Most people in the U.S. have been doing COVID-19 rapid tests with nasal swabs. That is what the Food and Drug ...

A throat swab, if done properly, might just be the difference between a "positive" or "negative" on some at-home COVID-19 tests. Some amateur scientists have noted on social media that their rapid ...

You got your hands on a rapid antigen test to screen for COVID-19. The instructions are straightforward: Slide the swab up your nose and twirl it around for a few seconds. Pretty clear, right? Maybe ...

Rapid antigen testing using a nasal swab with the BinaxNOW test was able to detect the Omicron variant at an urban community testing site, whereas other swabbing routes did not perform as well, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is concern that mupirocin decolonization might cause MRSA PCR nasal swab tests to be inaccurate. A study ...

One of the first tests that allows patients to self-collect samples to screen for human papillomavirus (HPV) will soon be available in doctors' offices. In May, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

Mumbai: Less than three months after the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended tongue swabs to detect tuberculosis (TB) ...

The infamous nasal swab Covid test could soon become a thing of the past. During Senate testimony this week, White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci and U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...