Forensic experts raise concerns over missing swab samples in Sivaganga custodial killing case, highlighting potential evidence tampering.

Self-swab ‘rape kits’ being marketed at students a ‘serious concern’ Kits allow victims to take a swab and send it to be tested for the DNA of an alleged perpetrator ...

Hawaii Department of Health officials alerted residents today of a recall of some Zicam and Orajel brand products due to potential microbial contamination of their cotton swabs.

Du Pont’s Delaware plant makes Dacron on a pilot plant scale, can supply Witty with fiber for only 1,600 suits this year. Big-scale deliveries of Dacron must wait until 1953, when Du Pont ...

Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson's Disease Helping to Develop a Swab Test for Early Detection with Michael J. Fox's Foundation Joy Milne first smelled the disease on her late husband, Les, 17 years ...

The Transportation Security Administration has lots of ways to detect potential threats to air safety. One might involve an agent asking to swab your device.

Newly published research in JAMA presents an alternative: a nasal swab test that researchers say accurately diagnoses a child’s asthma subtype.

A new, non-invasive nasal swab test for kids that diagnoses specific asthma subtype, or endotype, could help clinicians prescribe medications more precisely and pave the way for research toward ...

A simple cheek swab test called CheekAge may be able to predict a person's increase in mortality risk, according to its developers.

Scientists have devised a fascinating way to determine when you may die — and all it takes is a simple cheek swab.

Most biochemical tests that predict a person’s biological age rely on blood DNA, but Tally Health’s CheekAge is a non-invasive cheek swab.

New research has found that your headphones could hold a cocktail of harmful bacteria.