OAK BROOK, Ill. - In response to the critical shortage of nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Radiology at University of South Florida (USF) Health in Tampa set ...

Commercially available NP swabs used in COVID-19 test kits are often out of stock due to supply chain disruptions. To help address the global shortage, and to ensure Singapore has a sustainable supply ...

NEW ORLEANS — What if you could get tested for the coronavirus without a nose swab? You may have seen in the last couple of months that there are at home saliva tests that got FDA emergency use ...

OAKLAND, Calif., May 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Abiogenix and FATHOM have partnered to bridge the spiral nasopharyngeal (NP) swab test kit shortage.* Over 150 NP swab designs were evaluated in a clinical ...

As COVID-19 testing continues to ramp up globally, the need for test swabs continues to stress traditional supply chains. Collaborations between various hospitals, non-profits and 3D printing ...

In April, when associate research scientist in epidemiology Anne Wyllie and her team at Yale released a potentially seminal preprint on saliva testing for SARS-CoV-2, their inboxes exploded. Their ...

A pediatric nurse has posted an unpleasant-looking illustration of a test for COVID-19—the disease caused by the novel coronavirus—which has been shared more than 50,000 times. The illustration shows ...