C&EN

Saliva tests show promise for widespread COVID-19 surveillance at universities and workplaces

A saliva-based COVID-19 diagnostic that is being used to test thousands of students every day at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is now covered by an emergency use authorization (EUA) ...
syracuse.com

FDA approves coronavirus saliva test developed by Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, N.Y. – A saliva test developed by Upstate Medical University to diagnose coronavirus can now be used nationwide after getting approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has ...
RAPS

FDA issues EUA for saliva-based COVID-19 test, provides path for wider home sample collection

FDA issues EUA for saliva-based COVID-19 test, provides path for wider home sample collection The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday granted the first emergency use authorization (EUA) ...
Yale Environment 360

Saliva samples preferable to deep nasal swabs for testing COVID-19

As testing for the novel coronavirus continues to scale up, a new study finds that saliva samples are a “preferable” indicator for infection than the deep nasal swabs now widely used. The study led by ...