Severity of a COVID-19 illness could be determined by examining autoantibodies in the nasal cavity, allowing more personalized treatment protocols. Severe COVID-19 can be life-threatening for patients ...

A wide variety of COVID-19 symptoms exist, ranging from mild to severe, and while current strains of the virus generally cause milder symptoms, those with co-morbidities are still at an exponentially ...

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Adding a throat swab specimen to a nasal specimen significantly increased sensitivity of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, whether self-collected or collected by a healthcare worker, a randomized clinical ...

For nearly two years, public health systems have been playing a game of Russian roulette when it comes to severe COVID-19. Some people get extremely sick or die. Others escape with few or no ...

NEW YORK -- Should you take your COVID tests by swabbing your throat instead of your nostril? ABC's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton says it really depends on the test. Dr. Ashton joined ...

An Army-Harvard team of expert scientists have been performing “specialized testing” of industry built swab prototypes to ensure that new, alternative designs meet the requisite performance and ...

News A toddler got a nasal swab test but left before seeing a doctor. The bill was $445. $445 for the combined covid and flu test — from an ER visit in which the patient never made it beyond the ...

A few weeks ago, Perry, who lives in Chicago's northwest suburbs, started feeling symptoms of what he thought was COVID-19. The 64-year-old and his wife drove from their house to Waukegan to get ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared ACON Laboratories’ Flowflex COVID-19 Antigen Home Test, the first over-the-counter (OTC) antigen test. Previously, the test was authorized for ...

New research is providing a more precise prediction of COVID-19 severity that can be found by looking at autoantibodies in the nasal cavity, leading to more personalized treatment plans. A wide ...