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MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. — As COVID-19 trends in Mecklenburg County show signs of plateauing, experts say the virus is here to stay, and there will continue to be periods of higher transmission.
Doctors say that means testing will r
Anti-fog solutions have become widely available in the wake of mandatory face mask rules. Elias Visontay puts three popular products to the test
When the request went out for a “bespectacled guinea pig” to test if anti-fog treatments actually work when you wear a face mask, I was des
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by Mike Bassett, Staff Writer, MedPage Today June 9, 2022
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There is a "real" risk that monkeypox will establish itself in non-endemic countries if th
ITHACA, N.Y. — It’s anything but pleasant, but researchers from Cornell University say checking for COVID-19 using deep nostril swabs is the best way to test for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
More specifically, scientists found that nasopharyngeal swabs (where healthcare workers ins
Some of the San Diego police officers, who obtained religious exemptions from taking a COVID-19 vaccine, also claim their religion forbids them from doing something else: putting a cotton swab in their nose to take a COVID-19 test.
About 10% of police staff, who were exempted on religiou
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Objectives To evaluate the performance of oral saliva swab (OSS) reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) compared with RT-PCR and antigen rapid diagnostic test (Ag-RDT) on nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) for SARS-CoV-2 in children.
Design Cross-sectional multicentre diagnostic study.
Setting
Objectives To evaluate the performance of oral saliva swab (OSS) reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) compared with RT-PCR and antigen rapid diagnostic test (Ag-RDT) on nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) for SARS-CoV-2 in children.
Design Cross-sectional multicentre diagnostic study.
Setting