Asthma comes in different subtypes, but diagnosing those subtypes — also known as endotypes — has historically been difficult. Newly published research in JAMA presents an alternative: a nasal swab ...

More than 10 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) each year, yet about 40% go undiagnosed. The main culprit is reliance on sputum-based testing, which many patients—particularly those who are ...

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 ...

We're now pretty used to swabbing our nose to test for COVID when we have a scratchy throat or new cough. But should we also be using our rapid antigen test (RAT) to swab our throat, as some social ...

Diagnosing tuberculosis — the world’s most lethal infectious disease — with minimal training and without expensive laboratory infrastructure could now be a reality for millions. The recommendation ...

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings. A ...

The Agency warned that use of an alternate sample type (eg, blood, saliva) may lead to false test results. When testing for monkeypox virus, only swab samples taken directly from a lesion (rash or ...

China has brought back its “undignified” anal Covid swabs just two weeks before the Beijing Winter Olympics begin. The Communist regime claims the virus test — which involves inserting a 5cm long ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matt Binnicker is the CSO for Mayo Clinic Laboratories. There are now over 40 antigen tests that have received emergency use ...

We’re now pretty used to swabbing our nose to test for COVID when we have a scratchy throat or new cough. But should we also be using our rapid antigen test (RAT) to swab our throat, as some social ...