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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made new guidance immediately effective that addresses its enforcement policy for modifications to previously cleared ...