Investigators compared test results from the user-collected vaginal swab samples against those from healthcare ...

The Houston-based firm is set to scale up its Flu/Covid test manufacturing for the current respiratory virus season.

QuStick Strep A kits use a simple dip stick format. Each kit includes individually pouched test strips, reagent A and B, positive and negative external controls, polyester throat swabs ...

For example, food manufacturers use starter cultures of Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus to clot milk ... yogurt widely available in U.S. stores as a model. For each test, we ...

If you’re not sure if you have strep throat, visit your doctor for a throat culture test. That's the only way to know for sure. Strep comes on fast. You may go to bed feeling fine and wake up sick.

The at-home test, called Salistick, can detect the hormone β-hCG as early as the first day of a missed period, compared to ten days after a missed period, which is standard with most at-home urine ...

Most people will not get very sick though. Doctors usually diagnose and treat strep A infections based on a person's symptoms, rather than test results, but they may take a throat swab.

The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office charged Mills with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. According to the St ...

While a sore throat can be a side effect of many other illnesses, it's the most telling symptom of strep throat - contributing ... a throat culture or rapid test "is needed to confirm it," says ...