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, ...

COVID-19. TESTING CAN BE CONFUSING AND TONIGHT KETV INVESTIGATES THE SPEED AND ACCURACY OF THESE TESTS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO YOU HERE’S JOSE ZOZAYA. WHEN YOU’VE BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID-19, THERE ARE MANY ...

A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test detects genetic material from a pathogen or abnormal cell sample. Ways of collecting samples include a nasal swab, a saliva swab, or taking a sample of blood.

As the winter flu season approaches, COVID-19 management and testing become essential as it is difficult to differentiate the respiratory diseases caused by these viral pathogens. Here we intend to ...

This decision, well within current norms for care, was nonetheless consequential: The president was forced to cancel a trip to advocate for legislation in support of the domestic semiconductor ...

A new biotechnology company in McKinney has ambitions to become the world’s first fully integrated platform for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing — the same technology behind a common COVID-19 ...

COVID-19 is commonly diagnosed by quantitative fluorescence real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) (1, 2). The test is the sequential action of two enzymes–an ...

The CDC in July announced its intent to withdraw an emergency use request for a protocol for PCR testing for COVID-19. The withdrawal would become effective Dec. 31, 2021. But that was because of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michelle Gross is a seasoned travel journalist based in Beaufort, SC. Once considered the petri-dish of the pre-pandemic era, ...