Nose swab test What it is: Right now, this is the most common test for COVID-19, and is recommended by the CDC. In the nasal (or nasopharyngeal) swab test, a doctor will stick a long Q-tip-like ...

For at-home rapid COVID-19 tests, there are suggestions people should swab their throat and their nose for a more accurate result. Experts caution against it.

“When you swab the back of the throat, it may or may not be accurate.” Another factor that can mess with accuracy, per Dr. Russo, is the ability to get a good sample in the back of your throat.

Nasopharyngeal Covid-19 swab NurPhoto via Getty Images Many who’ve had a nasal Covid-19 test performed on themselves have described it as feeling like that swab got as far back as their brains ...

But Isn’t A Throat Swab Almost The Same As A Nasal Swab? When testing for an infectious disease like Covid-19, details matter. One might assume there aren’t any significant differences between ...

We are running now six days a week, two shifts, 10 hours a day. We are producing over a million of that particular swab a week to service what is needed here in the United States.

Among hospitalized pneumonia patients, screening for MRSA colonization with a nasal swab-based rapid PCR test cut duration of ...

Swab tests have a couple of advantages over blood and urine tests for insurers. "They're less invasive and less costly, not only from the collection standpoint but from testing the samples ...

For decades, people suspected of driving drunk have had to take a breathalyzer. Now, a Michigan lawmaker wants to make it ...