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 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 ...

New research shows that your toothbrush is teeming with hundreds of never-before-seen viruses. Here's what we know.

Then, they test the swab to see if it picked up any of the bacteria that cause strep throat ... with a more reliable test called a throat culture. The way you treat a sore throat depends on ...

From terrible living conditions to almost getting euthanized at the shelter, Ash had suffered a lot before a SoCal rescue ...

A professional swab test has revealed the presence of six different types of bacteria on a pair of glasses - some of which can cause serious health issues. The bacteria identified include ...

The latest study was an update to the Northwestern team's 2021 project "Operation Pottymouth," which involved investigating the sources of the bacteria found on toothbrushes. Though there was ...

In the past, gonorrhea was commonly diagnosed with a bacterial culture (in which a bacterial ... gonorrhoeae from either a ...

Oral sex may create an environment for a common vaginal condition called bacterial vaginosis or BV ... or sexual health clinic could arrange for a swab test to see if you have BV.

The Global Bacterial and Viral Specimen Collection Market is projected to grow robustly, reaching USD 9.7 billion in 2024 and expected to achieve USD 20.2 billion by 2033, with an 8.5% CAGR.

Babies born by Caesarean section have dramatically different gut bacteria to those born vaginally ... The researchers stress women should not swab babies with their vaginal fluids - known as ...

The market growth is due to the increasing incidences of infectious disease and the importance of collection swabs, transport media, and blood sampling sets in diagnostics and research. Bacterial ...