The UK is moving a step closer to nationwide mass testing for Covid-19, as thousands of NHS workers and their families sign up to trial a new weekly saliva test. Announcing the pilot scheme, which ...

More states are adding at-home saliva coronavirus tests. Experts say they are equally as accurate as nasal swabs and are more comfortable, but they cost more.

Coronavirus Omicron may show up earlier in COVID-19 saliva tests, here's how to take one Some preliminary findings suggest that omicron particles may appear in the throat before the nasal passages.

Coronavirus testing will be an important tool for lifting restrictions. Here's a look at the COVID-19 tests available now or in the works.

Saliva-based tests for COVID-19 could dramatically increase access to testing, a key weapon in the fight against the virus.

Saliva tests available in New Jersey are less intrusive than the more common swab procedures, and could help expand testing across the country.

Ensuring teachers and school staff have quick access to a COVID-19 test if needed is part of Minnesota's school reopening plan. But it won't be the nasal swab or a blood test. Instead, they'll ...

The nasopharyngeal swab has been considered the gold standard in testing for COVID-19, but there’s a new, more comfortable option that may be just as effective. For the study, researchers tested ...

Since mid-March, when the World Health Organization declared that the outbreak of a pneumonia-like disease called COVID-19 had reached pandemic status, determining exactly how widespread the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an emergency use authorization for the first at-home Covid-19 test that uses saliva samples, the agency said in a news release.

You can order a COVID-19 test online through DoorDash and get same-day delivery. Here's how to do it.