COVID-19 saliva testing kits that include a novel preservative can also be used measure microscopic organisms in the mouth, a Rutgers study has found. This enables study of the relationship between mouth and lung microbes ...
Nov 22, 2021
0
8
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the SalivaDirect PCR COVID-19 test created by the Yale School of Public Health for use with pooled saliva samples.
Nov 2, 2021
0
8
For the detection of community transmission of COVID-19, New Zealand currently relies on contact tracing, testing of self-selected people with symptoms and those with permission to travel between different alert levels, and ...
Oct 15, 2021
0
12
Testing pooled saliva samples twice weekly for SARS-CoV-2 on a residential college campus yielded a greater than 95% agreement with the gold standard for accuracy—nasopharyngeal diagnostic samples tested singly. At an average ...
Oct 13, 2021
0
7
The collection of nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) samples for COVID-19 diagnostic testing poses challenges including exposure risk to healthcare workers and supply chain constraints. Saliva samples are easier to collect but can ...
Jun 10, 2021
0
2
International research led by Monash University and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity has achieved a proof of concept for a new, fast, portable saliva screening test that uses an infrared light technology ...
May 28, 2021
0
5
A new rapid coronavirus test developed by KAUST scientists can deliver highly accurate results in less than 15 minutes.
May 26, 2021
0
2
Scientists from Hokkaido University have shown that an antigen-based test for quantifying SARS-CoV-2 in saliva samples is simple, rapid, and more conducive for mass-screening.
May 20, 2021
0
5
Scientists at the Texas A&M University Global Health Research Complex (GHRC) have identified a variant of the COVID-19 virus—"BV-1"—that could present a new challenge to public health.
Apr 20, 2021
0
55
By summer 2020, well into the COVID-19 pandemic, Nicaragua's hospitals were full of patients with respiratory infections. Doctors and nurses were dying. The health system was collapsing.
Mar 26, 2021
0
4
