Testing for COVID-19 is now as easy as spitting into a tube. Rutgers University researchers have received U.S. government clearance for the first saliva test to help diagnose COVID-19. The new saliva collection method, which the Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository developed in partnership with Spectrum Solutions and Accurate Diagnostic...
US Virus Testing Faces New Headwind: Lab Supply Shortages
WASHINGTON — First, some of the coronavirus tests didn't work. Then there weren't enough to go around. Now, just as the federal government tries to ramp up nationwide screening, laboratory workers are warning of a new roadblock: dire shortages of testing supplies. The shortages are the latest stumble in a...