Routine saliva testing in childcare centers gives parents and childcare center employees timely information about the spread of COVID-19.

When the coronavirus outbreak first began in the U.S., the surge highlighted a critical flaw in the U.S. health care system: a lack of available testing kits. Since then, companies and scientists all ...

WASHINGTON -- Rutgers University researchers have received U.S. government clearance for the first saliva test to help diagnose COVID-19, a new approach that could help expand testing options and ...

The first saliva-based coronavirus test has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, media outlets reported. Rutgers University researchers said the saliva test could help with the ...

COVID-19 saliva testing kits that include a novel preservative can also be used to measure microscopic organisms in the mouth, a Rutgers study found. This enables study of the relationship between ...

In a large-scale study funded by Kings College London, researchers successfully implemented an automated PCR-based testing program for SARS-CoV-2 using saliva samples from asymptomatic students and ...

As the pandemic rages on, research on different types of coronavirus tests continues in an effort to increase testing capacity and minimize contact with others. Many Americans are familiar with the ...

Once RIT secured enough antigen tests for students for the spring semester, plans for administering saliva tests were put on hold. But this did not stop faculty and students in RIT’s College of ...