Nasdaq

MJ Biotech Offers Covid-19 FDA Approved Nasopharyngeal Specimen Collection Swabs RT-PCR COVID Test Kit

CHEYENNE, WY / ACCESSWIRE / February 24, 2021 / MJ Biotech, Inc. (OTC PINK:MJTV), is pleased to report that Sterile and individually wrapped FDA approved nasopharyngeal (nasal) specimen collection ...
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 ...

New Tongue-Swab TB Test Could Help Eradicate The Disease, WHO Says

This World TB Day, we have new rapid near-point-of-care molecular tests being deployed. These use tongue swabs to help end TB ...

Co-Diagnostics Ships Diagnostic Materials to India for Initiation of Tuberculosis Clinical Studies Following Recently Issued Guidance from the World Health Organization

Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CODX) ("Co-Dx" or "the Company"), a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, patented platform for the development of molecular diagnostic tests, today announced that ...
Time

What to Know About COVID-19 Tests, From PCR to Antigen to Antibody

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. A nurse practitioner administers COVID-19 tests in the parking lot at Brockton High School in Brockton, Mass., on Aug. 13, 2020. A nurse practitioner administers ...
Health Affairs

Screening To Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Outbreaks: Saliva-Based Antigen Testing Is Better Than The PCR Swab

At first blush, you might reasonably dismiss the rapid, saliva-based antigen assay for coronavirus. What possible purpose can a test serve in a pandemic if it misses, say, 30 of every 100 infections ...
Lansing State Journal

COVID-19 Q&A: Which is better, the deep nasal swab or the rapid test?

LANSING – When it comes to detecting the coronavirus, not all tests are created equally. Two tests are widely available to see if someone has the virus: a polymerase chain reaction swab, or PCR test, ...
New York Post

FDA cautions against throat swab for at-home COVID tests

The FDA is warning people to follow the instructions of at-home Covid-19 rapid tests and only swab their noses — pushing back against viral reports that the tests are more accurate when users also ...

Exclusive: Co-Diagnostics ships diagnostic tests to India ahead of TB study launch

Co-Diagnostics Inc. CODX on Wednesday announced that it has commenced shipments of PCR Pro instruments, Co-Dx PCR MTB test ...
Healio

MRSA PCR nasal swab shows promise as stewardship tool

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — A MRSA PCR nasal swab showed promise as a tool for antimicrobial stewardship in a large study of ...
Yahoo

Fact check: COVID-19 PCR test created to detect infection, not vaccinate

While they've been the gold standard to identify positive coronavirus cases around the world for more than a year, PCR tests still aren't trusted by some social media users. An Oct. 4 Instagram post ...