SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – As cases of omicron have surged, so has interest in the optimal way to test for the variant. Are nasal swabs still the best? Or should people opt for a saliva test instead? Alcala ...

WASHINGTON -- Rutgers University researchers have received U.S. government clearance for the first saliva test to help diagnose COVID-19, a new approach that could help expand testing options and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts urge caution, but school official says benefits "outweigh the risks." With demand for coronavirus testing expected to rise even higher this fall as students return to campuses across the ...

Genetic testing of saliva samples identifies the SARS-CoV-2 virus more quickly than testing of nasal swabs. The research is published March 21 in Microbiology Spectrum, a journal of the American ...

WASHINGTON — As the omicron variant sweeps through the U.S., testing has never been more important. Early January brought a new claim to the forefront of at-home testing discourse: you should swab ...