You may have noticed that more and more people are testing positive for COVID-19 after using a rapid test to swab their throats. The trend took off on Twitter this past week, and unlike most of the ...

If you’ve ever been tested for coronavirus, you almost certainly didn’t enjoy it. Most tests require a medical professional, dressed head-to-toe in protective equipment, to insert a swab deep into the ...

Parnell Pharmaceuticals in San Rafael is seeking approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market a nasal spray to prevent coronavirus infection. The private company is seeking the FDA’s ...

Here’s a sultry swab story. Imagine going to a makeshift tent in Brooklyn — discovered through a whisper network — to stand in line so a masked professional can penetrate your face with a sterilized ...

Workers in protective clothing sit near a locked down area after the detection of new cases of Covid-19 in Shanghai on March 14 - Copyright AFP Hector RETAMAL Workers ...

An Arizona biotech company is awaiting approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin formal clinical trials on a nasal spray as a potential COVID-19 treatment. Keptide, a nasal spray ...

As the omicron variant of the coronavirus moved lightning-fast around the world, it revealed an unsettling truth. The virus had gained a stunning ability to infect people, jumping from one person's ...

A novel nasal spray treatment appears to show promise in quickly clearing the coronavirus that causes covid-19 from our nostrils. In a recent Phase III trial in India, the spray was found to ...

An Army-Harvard team of expert scientists have been performing “specialized testing” of industry built swab prototypes to ensure that new, alternative designs meet the requisite performance and ...

As Omicron spreads, some experts are calling for a switch to saliva-based tests, which may detect infections days earlier than nasal swabs do. By Emily Anthes Jan. 20, 2022: This article was updated ...