The nasopharyngeal swab checks for coronavirus in the back of the nasal passage and is one of a range of swabbing techniques. A combined nose-and-throat swab is routinely used to test for Covid-19 ...

As well as detecting coronavirus, it could be used at the same time to spot other respiratory viruses, such as flu. The test also has the advantage of not needing a swab up the nose or down the ...

Is it COVID? Well, some good news ... And then with just one swab instead of multiple, then we can test for each of the pathogens that they have ordered as part of the panel for that particular ...

Detecting autoantibodies in nasal cavities with swabs ... from COVID based on comorbidities, including obesity and diabetes, and other factors. Ghosn and his lab created a new assay to test ...

[Photo: Courtesy] A coronavirus swab test went so far up a woman’s nose that it caused her brain to leak, a new case report has revealed. The woman, in her forties, went to see her doctor after ...

Researchers in the UK have started testing a coronavirus test that would do away with the need to swab the nose and throat, and instead use a saliva sample that could be easily taken at home.

Like a COVID-19 test, the new kits use a nasal swab to tell people if they are sick — within about 15 minutes. “This really matters, because if somebody does have the flu, we can actually ...