PITTSBURGH — One of the largest drug store chains in the country based here in Pennsylvania has been conducting self-swab testing for several months now, and the company said it is proving to be just ...

HHS released updated cervical cancer screening guidelines on Jan. 5, allowing for self-administered HPV tests as an ...

Recently, anal swab testing came under the spotlight again after Japan's chief cabinet secretary Katsunobu Kato said on Monday that Tokyo has requested Beijing to stop taking anal swab tests for COVID ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Symptomatic people seeking COVID-19 testing can effectively swab themselves at home, suggests a new ...

Coronavirus testing will be an important tool for lifting restrictions. Here's a look at the COVID-19 tests available now or in the works. Clifford led How To coverage. He spent a handful of years at ...

Rapid antigen testing using a nasal swab with the BinaxNOW test was able to detect the Omicron variant at an urban community testing site, whereas other swabbing routes did not perform as well, ...

We’re now pretty used to swabbing our nose to test for COVID when we have a scratchy throat or new cough. But should we also be using our rapid antigen test (RAT) to swab our throat, as some social ...

After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of self-swab testing for the novel coronavirus, it will be implemented this week, said Adm. Dr. Brett P. Giroir, assistant secretary for ...

GPs will be able to ‘opt in’ to offer self-administered Covid swab testing in their practices, NHS England has said. The tests ‘can be offered to patients who present with Covid symptoms’, who will ...

China has brought back anal swab testing to screen for Covid-19 in a bid to stop the spread of the Omicron variant, just two weeks before the Beijing Winter Olympics begin. At least 27 people ...

Slate is making its essential coronavirus coverage free for all readers. Subscribe to support our journalism. Earlier this month, Jacklyn Grace Lacey tested herself for COVID-19 using a home kit.