MADISON (WKOW) -- UW Health has started using saliva collection for many people being tested for COVID-19 before a procedure. The method is being used for UW Health patients 3-years-old or older who ...

The SHIELD Illinois program continues to expand the saliva-based test nationwide as more facilities and universities notice how accurate and accessible this testing is and request these services. Many ...

An employee at Spectrum Solutions in Draper, Utah, shows tubes used in their COVID-19 saliva test kit. (George Frey/Getty Images) As the coronavirus pandemic broke out across the country, health care ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A group of senior living communities in the Triangle are using pooled saliva testing in an effort to keep their residents and staff safe. "It allows us to identify active COVID ...

Researchers have developed an automated method of RNA extraction from saliva samples to allow faster processing times and high test sensitivity. Saliva testing could be used as an alternative to swab ...

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, ...

As the coronavirus pandemic broke out across the country, healthcare providers and scientists relied on the standard method for detecting respiratory viruses: sticking a long, swab deep into the nose ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The man who helped invent the coronavirus saliva test, developed in a Piscataway lab affiliated with Rutgers University, has unexpectedly passed away. The death of Andrew Brooks, ...

There is a universe of ways to get tested for COVID-19, and each has its pros and cons. Most, however, require a medical professional to insert a long, flexible swab up your nose to sample the back of ...