New research suggests Omicron may be easier to detect in saliva than nasal samples. Some experts recommend swabbing your throat then your nose for a COVID-19 rapid test, even if the test doesn't say ...

A new breed of fast, cheap, and, in most cases, accurate new COVID-19 tests could remake the fraught debate over virus outbreaks at school this fall. Using subjects’ saliva instead of invasive nasal ...

Doctors could soon be using a saliva test, not a nasal swab, to test for COVID-19. New research shows saliva testing for COVID-19 is quicker and safer than nasal swabs. Researchers with the University ...

ALBANY — When New York was given the authorization to develop saliva-swab tests to detect COVID-19, it was touted as an ideal national approach for expedient and more widespread testing, yet the ...

Three times a month, every employee at Graphicast in Jaffrey is asked to provide a saliva sample. By the end of that same day, the samples are placed in a box lined with ice packs, and shipped to ...

A new saliva test and earlier use of the HbA 1c blood test could pick up type 2 diabetes in high-risk patients earlier than methods in current use, show data from 2 studies. Both tests could both ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A weekly coronavirus testing regime using a "no-swab" saliva test is being trialled in southern England and could result in a simpler and quicker way to detect outbreaks of the ...