Sept. 4, 2020 — A COVID-19 saliva test developed by researchers at Yale University appeared to perform at least as well as nasal swabs in a study of hospital patients, a finding that may help encourage more frequent use of self-collected samples. In a letter published Aug. 28 in TheNew England Journal of Medicine, Anne… Read More »
The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for a saliva-based testing system that can return accurate results in less than three hours. The SalivaDirect test is conducted using saliva collected in a container without a swab and has a sensitivity of results similar to nasal swabs, which have been used to test for… Read More »
NHS Test and Trace is failing in areas with high BAME populations because of ‘language barriers and trust issues’, experts warn In Luton just 47 per cent of potentially-infected people contacted by tracers Only 65 per cent of close contacts in Leicester ere tracked down and isolated A language barrier may be one of the driving… Read More »