Recently, anal swab testing came under the spotlight again after Japan's chief cabinet secretary Katsunobu Kato said on Monday that Tokyo has requested Beijing to stop taking anal swab tests for COVID ...

China has brought back anal swab testing to screen for Covid-19 in a bid to stop the spread of the Omicron variant, just two weeks before the Beijing Winter Olympics begin. At least 27 people ...

Rapid antigen testing using a nasal swab with the BinaxNOW test was able to detect the Omicron variant at an urban community testing site, whereas other swabbing routes did not perform as well, ...

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 ...

The recommendation comes after the first at-home test, a self-swab, received federal approval earlier this year.

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FRIDAY, Dec. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Routine cervical cancer screening is getting a new option: Self-swab HPV tests, ...

The FDA has approved three self-administered tests for the high-risk strains of HPV known to cause most cervical cancers.