Stocking up on home-testing kits? Doctors believe the pricier RT-PCR test is a better optionThere has been a surge in demand for self-testing kits as Covid-19 cases rise across the nation.
How to perform rapid antigen test at home. 7 tips to get accurate resultYou'll get your results much sooner than standard PCR tests, which most of us will be familiar with.
New UK study shows almost one in seven patients suffer from 'long Covid', has symptoms for 12 weeksLong Covid "is an emerging phenomenon that is not yet fully understood."
United States approves first rapid home coronavirus testThe Food and Drug Administration approved a testing kit for people age 14 and older whom a doctor suspects to have Covid-19. The test, whic...
US FDA approves first COVID-19 test kit for home useThe single-use test, made by Lucira Health, has been given emergency use authorization for home use with self-collected nasal swab samples ...
Self-collected saliva samples could quickly detect asymptomatic Covid-19 cases, according to a studyRapid detection of asymptomatic infected individuals will be critical for preventing Covid-19 outbreaks.
Meet SwabBot, the robot that will conduct Covid-19 swab testsThe robot helps address the limitations of manual Covid swab tests by reducing the need for trained manpower.
Covid-19: Saliva diagnosis emerges as a cheaper, faster method than swab testingThe saliva collection does not involve material such as swabs - which can be in short supply.
Indian researchers start trials on saliva-based Covid-19 testingThe Medanta Institute of Education and Research in Gurgaon, Mumbai-based diagnostics company TransAsia Bio and Pune’s Mylab are among those...
FDA approves 15 minute, five dollar coronavirus test that doesn't need specialty equipmentThe 15-minute test from Abbott Laboratories will sell for $5, giving it a competitive edge over similar tests that need to be popped into a...
Covid-19 saliva diagnosis cheaper, faster alternative to swab testing, say scientistsGiving a thumbs up to the alternative testing technology that is yet to be introduced in India, scientists said it would deliver results fa...
COVID-19: Siddaramaiah tests negative, will be discharged on Aug 13Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infection at a private hospital here has tested nega...
China faceoff unlikely to impact Covid-19 fightOver the last three months, the Centre has actively encouraged companies to start manufacturing products that they had never produced befor...
Suspecting Covid? Stanford recommends self-swabbing for accurate & safer test resultsTest samples collected by people who swabbed their own nasal passages yielded more accurate results.
Government certifies nearly 80 Made-in-India Coronavirus testing kitsSo far largely USFDA approved kits were permitted in India due to paucity of validation and certifications labs in the country as a result ...
'New portable COVID-19 test can give results in 50 minutes'The new molecular test could be used to process 16 samples at a time -- or up to 384 samples if using a lab-based detection machine. The ki...
- Home tests could be key to curb HIV spread
Making self-testing kits for HIV widely available could help reduce the global epidemic of AIDS, according to a new study led by an Indian-...