During a COVID-19 nasal test, Nasseri said normally the nasopharynx, an air-filled cavity at the top of the respiratory tract 3 inches behind the nose, is swabbed. The swab is in the nasopharynx ...

A viral Facebook post makes the false claim that the nasal swab test for COVID-19 damages the “blood-brain barrier” and can therefore lead to brain infections. Medical experts say the swab ...

A new nasal swab test can accurately predict the severity of COVID-19 infections. It provides a more precise prediction than currently available of how serious the case is by focusing on ...

COVID-19 testing includes molecular (PCR), antigen (rapid), and antibody (serology) tests, each serving different ...

A wide variety of COVID-19 symptoms exist ... “With FlowBEAT, we can take any standard nasal swab and perform a combination test to simultaneously measure all human antibody types against ...

The BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test is a rapid test that uses a shallow nasal swab sample to check for the presence or absence of proteins from the virus that causes COVID-19. Here’s how it ...

The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization on Friday for the first at-home test that can simultaneously detect both COVID-19 and the flu. With a shallow nasal swab ...

Because of COVID-19, he needed a PCR test, which meant an eye-watering swab high up in his nostrils ... a lot more comfortable than a nasal test," said Caullyn Godfrey, business development ...

The Covid-19 vaccine and the nasal swab test with ethylene-oxide are an unneeded introduction of drugs/chemicals into my body.” A previous KPBS investigation found officers repeatedly used ...

A wide variety of COVID-19 symptoms exist ... "With FlowBEAT, we can take any standard nasal swab and perform a combination test to simultaneously measure all human antibody types against dozens ...