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China's plan for anal swabs to test for COVID-19 is 'not nice but it's the obvious thing to do,' says a microbiology professor
Anal swabs could be a useful coronavirus test, because there's virus in faeces, a microbiology prof…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Swab samples of J'khand CM, wife collected for COVID-19 tests
Health workers took swab samples of the chief minister, his wife Kalpana Soren, Press Adviser Abhis…
PTI
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Dogs can smell COVID-19 — and may be better at diagnosing it than a COVID test
Dogs can smell COVID-19. Research suggests that trained canines may replace PCR tests as the standa…
Gabby Landsverk
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Coronavirus: Self-swab tests that can be performed by people will come live in US
The Donald Trump administrations coronavirus task force co-ordinator Dr. Deborah Birx today announc…
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African skulls pillaged during German colonial rule have been matched to living relatives after DNA tests
A German museum says it is ready to return the human skulls from East Africa, which were removed un…
Marianne Guenot
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Swab samples of 61 people who returned to Arunachal with coronavirus-positive man test negative
"Glad to share that recent first positive #COVID 19 active primary & secondary contacts were 61…
PTI
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Sushil Modi sends swab sample for COVID-19 test after attending event with infected BJP leader
"Deputy CM has sent his swab sample today for COVID-19 testing. Besides, samples of around 10 other…
PTI
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Rite Aid says it's opening free, self-swab coronavirus testing sites in 7 states
"Through our partnership with the White House Coronavirus Task Force, and with tremendous support f…
Hayley Peterson
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A California hospital is running dangerously low on swabs for coronavirus testing, highlighting yet another obstacle the US is facing with testing during the outbreak
Experts and healthcare workers are worried that the outbreak could strain the healthcare system, Bu…
Sarah Al-Arshani,Sarah Al-Ars…
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Indian company rolls out RT PCR test kit for Monkeypox
Genes2Me has developed a RTPCR testing kit to detect Monkeypox virus.The test kit can provide the r…
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The US Air Force flew 1 million coronavirus test swabs to the US from Italy, and more are likely on the way
"The swabs are sent out to the different medical facilities. They are used to test patients, and th…
Ryan Pickrell
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Here's how coronavirus nose and throat swab tests really work, and why they don't always give satisfying results
With the virus now spreading across all 50 states, there are far more people in the US who want cor…
Hilary Brueck,Samantha Lee
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Researchers have developed a cheaper COVID-19 test that claims to deliver results in less than 20 minutes
The Harmony COVID-19 test has been designed to be simple and easy-to-use. Similar to the PCR met…
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I’m 36, but an AI test told me my ‘face age’ is 39 with severe wrinkles — I respectfully disagree
A tool from the biotech company NOVOS uses AI to visually measure your facial age. I tried it — and…
Anna Medaris
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My sister and I thought we were fraternal twins for 35 years. A test told us we are actually identical.
The author shares how a DNA test revealed they are identical twins, but despite that, her sister co…
Susan Barr-Toman
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Karnataka govt advises caution after 26 people test positive for H3N2 variant
Karnataka Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar said on Monday that 26 persons have tested positive for t…
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A Seattle research project was reportedly told not to conduct coronavirus tests on swabs from flu patients - a missed opportunity early in the US outbreak
According to The New York Times, a Seattle research group known as the Seattle Flu Study had alread…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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A trainee police officer admitted drawing red lines on his at-home COVID-19 test to fake a positive result and get time off work
It was "clear that the test had been manually altered with drawn red lines," a UK police misconduct…
Stephen Jones
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Desperate to preserve at-home COVID-19 testing kits, some families are sharing a single test. Health experts say this 'intranasal promiscuity' is gross and yields inaccurate results.
"From a public-health perspective, the idea of sticking swabs up each other's noses doesn't sound l…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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A Colorado couple who have been married for 17 years found out they are cousins after taking a DNA test
"There's nothing we can do about it. I'm not going to let some blood come between us," Celina Quino…