The two top makers of the highly specialized swabs used to test patients for the novel coronavirus are straining to keep up with the demand, even as both the Italian and U.S. governments are working ...

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 ...

Veracyte announced it has begun rolling out its long-awaited nasal swab test for lung cancer to a limited number of clinical sites, as it continues to build up data to back its full future commercial ...

One of the first tests that allows patients to self-collect samples to screen for human papillomavirus (HPV) will soon be available in doctors' offices. In May, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

You may have noticed that more and more people are testing positive for COVID-19 after using a rapid test to swab their throats. The trend took off on Twitter this past week, and unlike most of the ...

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 ...

Rapid antigen testing using a nasal swab with the BinaxNOW test was able to detect the Omicron variant at an urban community testing site, whereas other swabbing routes did not perform as well, ...

A simple cheek swab test could detect children who have arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, according to research presented at the European Society of Cardiology's annual congress in Madrid. Subscribe to ...