Omicron, the speedy variant that’s racing around the world, throws a wrench in some aspects of testing and treatments. Here, people wait in line for tests in Washington, D.C. on January 5.
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By Tina Hesman Saey and Laura Sanders
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A healthcare worker collects a nasopharyngeal swab specimen to test a man for Coronavirus.
Nasopharyngeal swabbing — using a plastic stick to retrieve a sample from the back of your throat and nasal passage — is the current gold standard in collecting specimens to test for infections
The three stadiums are drive-thru testing sites. You can also get at-home tests from the city and county.
Bernalillo County has received approximately 111,000 iHealth at-home rapid test kits from the New Mexico Department of Health.�
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Biotechniques. 2022 May 12. doi: 10.2144/btn-2022-0037. Online ahead of print.
Coronavirus disease 2019 is a public health challenge requiring rapid testing for the detection of infections and transmission. Nucleic acid amplification tests
Anisa Arsenault is an editor at Verywell Health who works on condition-focused content and manages news. She previously managed news for TheBump.com.
Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years’ experience in consumer-oriented health and wellness
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BMC Infect Dis. 2022 May 9;22(1):443. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07377-4.
BACKGROUND: Diagnostic testing accessibility and asymptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 present major challenges for curbing and preventing community prevalence of COV
Assistant Professor, Program in Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Nathaniel Hafer receives funding from the National Institutes of Health via awards UL1TR001453 and U54HL143541.
University of Massachusetts provides funding as a member of The Conversation US
Positive and negative control swabs are included in Covid-19 testing kits.
Control swabs are included in some testing kits. These are used to check that the tests are working properly and are not for use in patient testing.
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CLAIM: A photo showing a COVID-19 test kit that includes swabs labeled “positive” and “negative” proves tests are manipulated to give a predetermined result.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The photo does not prove the tests are being manipulated. The swabs labeled “positive contro