Rape support groups have expressed “serious concerns” over self-swab “rape kits” being marketed towards university students in the UK. The kits allow people who have been sexually ...

The maker of two Zicam nasal swab products and one Orajel Baby Teething Swabs product is voluntarily recalling all lots due to possible microbial contamination.

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 ...

World Athletics said it had approved the introduction of a cheek swab test to determine if an athlete is biologically female.

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.

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 ...

The self-collection method offers an additional cervical cancer screening option for women age 30 to 65, according to new guidelines published this week by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ...

An Illinois mom got stuck with a big bill after taking her 3-year-old to the ER but never seeing a doctor. "It's mind-blowing," she said.

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.