Saliva vs Nasal Swab Testing for COVID-19: Which Test Is Safer, Has Faster Results?

Medicine & Technology Mar 22, 2022

A new study recently showed the difference between saliva and nasal swab testing. Discover which COVID-19 test is safer and has faster results?

4 in 10 COVID-19 Cases Are Asymptomatic Demonstrating Importance of Testing to Mitigate Transmission

Dec 15, 2021

A meta-analysis of 95 studies from three continents showed that people can spread COVID-19 without symptoms, highlighting the importance of available testing.

COVID-19 Test Results in 15 Minutes: Scientists Develop New Rapid Way to Detect Virus

May 26, 2021

Researchers at KAUST recently introduced a new approach that can deliver COVID-19 test results as fast as less than 15 minutes.

New COVID Study Shows Arthritis Drug, Baricitinib, Reduces Recovery Time for Adults

Dec 14, 2020

Hospitalized adults treated with an arthritis drug called baricitinib, in addition to COVID treatment programs, are found to recover faster, even in more serious cases of the highly contagious disease.

COVID-19: CDC Reverses Controversial Guidelines on Testing

Sep 19, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reversed its controversial COVID-19 testing guidelines over the objections of scientists.

The Truths About Coronavirus Testing in the U.S.

Mar 09, 2020

Officials of the U.S. government say a million of promised tests to diagnose coronavirus infections are soon to be in the mail. However, the said promises still leave a lot of local and state laboratories without the capability of testing the virus, critical for controlling its spread across the nation.