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FDA approves at-home sample collection kit for coronavirus

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Food and Drug Administration announced Saturday that it has authorized an at-home sample collection kit that can then be sent to specified laboratories for COVID-19 diagnostic ...
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Collection method, sample timing can impact COVID-19 test results

1.2 million COVID-19 tests have been completed across the state and counting. 87,000 of those tests are confirmed positive. Are results from a drive-thru "self" tests as reliable as those from a ...
Business Wire

Rheonix COVID-19™ MDx Assay Receives Expanded FDA Emergency Use Authorization to Include Saliva Home Collection Kit

ITHACA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rheonix Inc. announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an expanded Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Rheonix COVID-19™ ...
Business Wire

SpeeDx Expand COVID-19 Diagnostics to Include Self-Collected Samples

SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpeeDx Pty. Ltd., a developer of innovative molecular diagnostic solutions, have added saliva to the list of validated samples for their PlexPCR® SARS-CoV-2 qPCR ...
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Coronavirus: NCDC says challenges not testing, but sample collection

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that its main challenge is not testing for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), but collection of samples and getting them to laboratories. Ihekweazu ...
News Medical

Study evaluates the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in urine samples collected during the COVID-19 pandemic

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) the causative agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused nearly 493 million infections with over 6.15 million reported deaths. SARS ...