Thea van de Mortel teaches into the infection prevention and control program at Griffith University. RATs should be kept at 2-30°C for them to work as intended. Storing at higher temperatures means ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matt Binnicker is the CSO for Mayo Collaborative Services. There are now over 40 antigen tests that have received emergency use ...
You may have noticed that more and more people are testing positive for COVID-19 after using a rapid test to swab their throats. The trend took off on Twitter this past week, and unlike most of the ...
Five different people’s Covid-19 swab tests are being sent off in one vial, so one positive test will contaminate the other four, giving five positives. Our verdict There are currently some trials of ...
UK scientists are using what they learned during the pandemic to launch a new initiative to track the evolution and spread of other dangerous respiratory viruses and bacteria that are a major ...
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 ...
A new "no swab" saliva coronavirus test that lets people collect their own sample at home by spitting into a pot is being trialled in the UK. More than 14,000 GP staff and other key workers, along ...