NOTE: Federal guidance has not changed on how to test for COVID, and all test kits have specific FDA-approved instructions on how they should be used. This story has been updated to include a recent ...

This World TB Day, we have new rapid near-point-of-care molecular tests being deployed. These use tongue swabs to help end TB ...

Scientists may have sniffed out a breakthrough when detecting Alzheimer’s. The degenerative disease, which affects millions ...

Julie Cruz takes a sample at the GeneIQ COVID-19 testing site at Dallas College Richland Campus on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, in Dallas, TX. Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer At-home COVID-19 tests ...

There are roughly 225,000 new cases of lung cancer every year in the United States. Early diagnosis and treatment play a large role in improving outcomes. A recently developed nasal swab test could ...

Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by a cotton swab. If you’ve ever had your throat swabbed for strep or your nose swabbed for COVID-19, I expect to see some hands! Now that ...