AOL

After the COVID test swab goes up your nose, it goes to this Indianapolis testing lab

Anyone who has had a COVID-19 PCR test done knows the drill — a swab up the nose and then the tester pops the swab into a plastic bag and off it goes. That’s when the hard work begins of determining ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rapid testing for omicron: Is a nose swab enough?

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Leigh Bruns, from Crestwood, puts the nasal swab in a vial after self-administering a COVID-19 test in the car with her family at ...
Time

What’s the Point of PCR Tests Anymore?

If you had COVID-19 symptoms in 2020, you probably would have masked up and braved a visit to a laboratory, doctor’s office, or clinic to get a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. A health care ...
Salon

Experts still torn on whether you should swab your throat when taking COVID tests

In January 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cautioned the public against a peculiar method for testing oneself COVID-19 tests. “FACT: When it comes to at-home rapid antigen #COVID19 ...
Miami Herald

Some Miami airport travelers will be asked to swab. What to know about the health check

Some travelers flying into Miami from other countries are being asked to do a nose swab to test for COVID variants and other contagious viruses as part of a nationwide effort to track new and emerging ...
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 ...