Selfswab

Coronavirus US: At-home self-swab tests may miss infections

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Tens of thousands of Americans who swabbed themselves for coronavirus testing may have falsely been told they were free of infection, a new study suggests In an effort to expand stunted, lagging testing in the US, the Food and Drug Administration gave the green light for coronavirus testing using samples collected from low down in … Read more

Self-swab tests for coronavirus work just as well as ones used by clinicians

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Self-swab tests for the novel coronavirus work just as well as those performed by healthcare workers, a new study finds. Researchers, led by insurance provider UnitedHealth Group, found positive cases in more than 90 percent of patients, which is the same rate at which clinicians  The team says patient-administrated tests will reduce the risk of … Read more