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 ...

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 ...

A new study that could have immediate implications for COVID-19 testing in schools found that with age-appropriate instructions, school-aged children can successfully use a nasal swab to obtain their ...

One of the biggest bottlenecks in testing people for the novel coronavirus has not involved complex machines to detect genetic material or molecular biology. It’s been a shortage of swabs to take ...

Tokyo — Researchers in Japan announced "game changing" research this week that found simple saliva tests for COVID-19 are just as reliable as the widely used, but more complicated and uncomfortable, ...

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 ...

As flu cases rise across the country, here is everything to know about testing yourself for the illness at home.

News of the use of anal swabs for COVID-19 testing has startled Chinese netizens. The method is more accurate than nose and throat swabs, albeit awkward for recipients. Yet the Global Times learned ...

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.

To find out if you're as healthy as you say you are on your life insurance application, don't be surprised if underwriters go straight to the source: your mouth. Instead of blood and urine tests, ...