Saliva tests that can screen for coronavirus infections are gaining traction, with tens of thousands of people across the country using such tests daily.

To see how the tests stacked up among people with asymptomatic infections, the researchers recruited 495 healthcare workers with no signs of COVID-19 and gave them the saliva test.

The nasopharyngeal swab has been considered the gold standard in testing for COVID-19, but there’s a new, more comfortable option that may be just as effective. New research published in the New ...

The Rutgers University scientist who oversaw the development of a saliva test to detect coronavirus said he believes this new way to collect patient samples could serve as a bridge to widespread ...

Researchers at Columbia University invented a similar RT-LAMP system for saliva testing that indicates the presence of SARS-CoV-2 with a simple color change (medRxiv 2020, DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.13 ...

As Omicron spreads, some experts are calling for a switch to saliva-based tests, which may detect infections days earlier than nasal swabs do. By Emily Anthes Jan. 20, 2022: This article was ...

The use of saliva tests to fill the need for diagnosing COVID-19 has its pros and cons, experts told Healio Primary Care. “There is a shortage of nasopharyngeal swabs and, thus, a great desire ...

Doctor on new saliva test for COVID-19 and what we're learning about immunity 07:05. Teshima said the saliva testing regimen developed in Japan, unlike those in the U.S., does not add ...

One of the research groups is led by Martin Burke, a chemist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who has already launched a similar saliva test he developed at the university’s ...

Communities across the country are starting to roll out at-home saliva test kits. Health officials say they could be a game-changer in detecting and slowing the spread of the virus.

New research is suggesting a simple saliva test can detect the presence of a protein biomarker known to signal the occurrence of a heart attack in just 10 minutes, potentially accelerating the ...