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Your kitchen drain is probably growing bacteria right now, here's how to clean itYour kitchen sink drain harbors more germs than your bathroom, posing a health hazard due to bacteria, grease, and food particles. A simple...- Nancy Guthrie Disappearance: DNA and suspect’s saliva emerge as crucial clue in investigation? Expert makes explosive claims as mystery intensifiesThe search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of Savannah Guthrie, intensifies over 10 weeks after her mysterious disappearance from her...
- Employee loses double-pay job after failing Marijuana test - what he was told next is a lesson for allCan a job offer really be rescinded over a false positive drug test? What happens when a promising job offer vanishes due to a positive ora...
- ‘Sorry, Aishwarya. I got a little swabby.’ Bobby Deol’s hilarious reply to his ‘Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya’ RT-PCR memesAs nasal swab tests or RT-PCR tests became common, this clip garnered several memes.
- 15 things not to do when using a rapid antigen Covid testHere are 15 pitfalls to avoid if you want to get the most out of your rapid antigen test.
- 15 things not to do when using a rapid antigen test for Covid-19Many of us have taken a rapid antigen test (RAT) or have administered them to our school-aged children. But how many of us are using them c...
- Take note, parents: Get at-home Covid testing kits for children as schools plan to reopenHere's how to prepare your child for the rapid antigen COVID test.
- Karnataka reports 21,794 new Covid-19 casesKarnataka on Tuesday reported 21,794 new Covid-19 cases and 149 deaths, baffling the healthcare authorities. The discharges were just about...
- Scrupulously follow protocols for disposal of COVID-19 test kits, swabs: Delhi HC to AAP govtThe petitioner, Pankaj Mehta, had alleged that used swabs were being "thrown out in public" and "tests were being carried out over a pile o...
- ICMR approves CSIR's COVID-19 testing method that can help ramp up number of RT-PCR testsThe Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a simple and fast method for COVID-19 testing which can not only increase the n...
- 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.
- There are different types of coronavirus tests available. Here's how they workGenetic, antigen and antibody tests are the 3 types that used to determine Covid diagnosis.
- 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.
- 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.
- India brings down corona test swab price to one-tenthAs capacity scales up, India may soon begin to export corona test swabs to other nations.
- As cotton swabs run out, ICMR looks at polyesterUntil last month, polyester swabs were not manufactured in India and were imported from the US or China. With global demand for this produc...
- Testing efforts hit another hurdle as labs face shortage of VTMsThe latest bottleneck to confront the Indian healthcare system in scaling up molecular diagnostic testing for Covid-19 is shortage of tools...
- Low-cost indigenous swab for coronavirus testing developedAs per the guidelines of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, polymer swab is used for collection of a sample from the upper resp...
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