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 ...

Tokyo — Researchers in Japan announced "game changing" research this week that found simple saliva tests for COVID-19 are just as reliable as the widely used, but more complicated and uncomfortable, ...

Many who’ve had a nasal Covid-19 test performed on themselves have described it as feeling like that swab got as far back as their brains. If done correctly, the swab is angled parallel to the floor, ...

COVID-19. TESTING CAN BE CONFUSING AND TONIGHT KETV INVESTIGATES THE SPEED AND ACCURACY OF THESE TESTS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO YOU HERE’S JOSE ZOZAYA. WHEN YOU’VE BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID-19, THERE ARE MANY ...

Veracyte’s latest tool for detecting lung cancer accurately divided patients with lung nodules into groups at high or low risk of having lung cancer—using only a nasal swab. The noninvasive test, ...

Some testers gently swab the front of your nostril and send you on your way. Others dig deep, bringing the pain. What’s the gold standard? By Livia Albeck-Ripka and John Yoon One Canadian said it felt ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. A rare case of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak occurred after a healthcare worker inadvertently ...

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 test is ...