PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A nasal swab test could be a breakthrough for children with suspected sinus infections. The test could tell parents whether their child needs antibiotics for their sinus infection ...

Severity of a COVID-19 illness could be determined by examining autoantibodies in the nasal cavity, allowing more personalized treatment protocols. Severe COVID-19 can be life-threatening for patients ...

Diagnosing precisely what type of asthma a child has and fine-tuning the treatment for it involves an invasive procedure under general anesthesia. For children with mild asthma, it's just not worth ...

A new paper describes a test that can differentiate between different types of asthma via a nasal swab. Researchers hope the test can eventually be used to help match patients with better treatments.

We’re now pretty used to swabbing our nose to test for COVID when we have a scratchy throat or new cough. But should we also be using our rapid antigen test (RAT) to swab our throat, as some social ...

Julie Cruz takes a sample at the GeneIQ COVID-19 testing site at Dallas College Richland Campus on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, in Dallas, TX. Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer At-home COVID-19 tests ...

Adding a throat swab specimen to a nasal specimen significantly increased sensitivity of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, whether self-collected or collected by a healthcare worker, a randomized clinical ...

Many at-home antigen tests suggest inserting a swab only one-half or three-quarters of an inch into your nose. So why do some health care workers dig deeper? Here’s what I found out → Your nasal ...

Friday, people in the metro have a new place to go for COVID-19 testing. Health Gauge is the company behind the drive-thru operation at Mall of America’s far north parking lot. The company reports ...

Doctors could soon be using a saliva test, not a nasal swab, to test for COVID-19. New research shows saliva testing for COVID-19 is quicker and safer than nasal swabs. Researchers with the University ...

Asthma comes in different subtypes, but diagnosing those subtypes — also known as endotypes — has historically been difficult. Newly published research in JAMA presents an alternative: a nasal swab ...