There's a new way to screen for high-risk HPV, a viral infection that can lead to ... Generally, the patient is instructed to insert a long cotton swab into the vagina and then gently swirl ...

Experts at The Hearing Care Partnership undertook a study including a professional swab test of a typical pair of used earphones, uncovering the terrifying types of bacteria found if they aren't ...

A new tool can predict how long you'll live just by looking at biological markers gathered with a simple cheek swab.

Claims that coronavirus tests can harm people are circulating on social media. We investigated the claims in some of the most widely shared posts. A picture showing a swab test being taken has ...

There are two further categories of diagnostic techniques that rely on the detection of viral antigens. First, immunofluorescence (IF) assays have an accuracy comparable to cell culture and ...

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Ageing describes a new method to determine the extent of biological ageing from epigenetic marks in cells collected from cheek swabs. DNA ...

The Global Bacterial and Viral Specimen Collection Market is projected ... of infectious disease and the importance of collection swabs, transport media, and blood sampling sets in diagnostics ...

Croup is a viral infection that mainly affects children ... If your doctor thinks you might have strep throat, they’ll do a throat swab. This is when they brush a sterile swab (like a long ...

The CDC is attempting to get the COVID-19 shot into more arms by asking physicians and pharmacists to recommend the updated ...

Investigators collected blood and swab samples from companion animals ... No MPXV DNA was detected in any blood specimens, and viral culture attempts failed to produce viable virus from PCR ...