Medical Xpress

Simple nasal swab test could cut costly virus screenings in high-risk settings

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 ...
Phys.org

New at-home, saliva-based COVID test as effective as PCR in preliminary analysis

PCR tests, also called molecular tests or nucleic acid tests, are considered the gold standard in detecting the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that gives rise to COVID-19. However, they can take a ...
University of Cincinnati

What if PCR testing could be done at home?

Aashish Priye, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Cincinnati, is using microfluidics to make infectious disease testing faster, more cost-effective and easily accessible.
USA Today

Trained dogs may be better at detecting COVID than nasal PCR tests, study suggests

Prefer an adorable dog licking your face over an invasive swab up the nose? That's a research-driven option now in testing for the coronavirus. Trained dogs have shown signs of being more effective at ...
WTVD

Nose swabs or throat swabs? COVID patient questions conventional guidance after tests miss her case

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- It's a question some scientists are taking a deeper look at: Nose or throat -- what is the best way to do a COVID-19 test? A woman says she swabbed both her nose and throat and ...
Business Wire

Minute Molecular’s DASH Point-of-Care COVID-19 Rapid PCR Test Gains FDA Emergency Use Authorization

EVANSTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Minute Molecular Diagnostics today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its rapid DASH ...
News Medical

Saliva-based self-testing platform detects SARS-CoV-2 with the same level of sensitivity as PCR tests

PCR tests, also called molecular tests or nucleic acid tests, are considered the gold standard in detecting the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that gives rise to COVID-19. However, they can take a ...
FactCheck.org

Posts About ‘Cross Reactants’ Misrepresent Accuracy of COVID-19 PCR Tests

Polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests for COVID-19 are highly accurate. People on social media, however, are circulating lists of germs that they baselessly claim will cause such tests to be ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

Rapid PCR Test Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization

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mccormick.northwestern.edu

Monkeypox Rapid PCR Test in Development

Academics OverviewExplore our degrees, programs, courses, and other enrichment opportunities. All Areas of StudyView a chart of all study areas cross-categorized by degree type. Undergraduate Study ...
Medical Xpress

Saliva testing for COVID-19 quicker, safer than nasal swabs

Genetic testing of saliva samples identifies the SARS-CoV-2 virus more quickly than testing of nasal swabs. The research is published March 21 in Microbiology Spectrum, a journal of the American ...