As the coronavirus pandemic broke out across the country, healthcare providers and scientists relied on the standard method for detecting respiratory viruses: sticking a long, swab deep into the nose ...

12 NEWS TERRY SATER IS LIVE IN WAUKESHA. TERRY, A NURSE PRACTIONER DEMONSTRATED THE SWABBING PROCEDURE FOR YOU? >> THAT’S RIGH WE’VE ALL BEEN WONDERING WHAT IT’S LIKE TO GET TESTED FOR COVID-19, SO ...

As the coronavirus pandemic broke out across the country, health care providers and scientists relied on the standard method for detecting respiratory viruses: sticking a long swab deep into the nose ...

There are roughly 225,000 new cases of lung cancer every year in the United States. Early diagnosis and treatment play a large role in improving outcomes. A recently developed nasal swab test could ...

Tokyo — Researchers in Japan announced "game changing" research this week that found simple saliva tests for COVID-19 are just as reliable as the widely used, but more complicated and uncomfortable, ...

Long Beach lifeguard Jeremy Rocha gives out a COVID-19 test kit at a drive-thru testing site at Long Beach's Jordan High School on April 18. It's one of 21 sites in Southern California where people ...

MILWAUKEE -- A new test for COVID-19 could allow patients to swab their own noses at approved testing sites. It's a less invasive procedure than the current deep nose swab performed by clinicians. U.S ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid (antigen) tests for COVID-19 both involve taking a swab. Results for a PCR test take longer, as it needs to go to a laboratory. It is more costly but tends to ...

UPDATE: You can now get a coronavirus test at these 2 N.J.-run sites even if you don’t have symptoms Testing for the coronavirus remains mostly accessible to symptomatic New Jersey residents, but ...