With results from COVID-19 tests routinely taking one week or longer to complete, some labs are trying a new approach called sample pooling. The idea is labs can save coveted supplies if they test ...

With COVID-19 cases surging again in many states, health officials worry that a flood of potential new cases may strain the nation's testing capacity. The situation has led some to suggest the U.S.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday reissued an emergency use authorization to Quest Diagnostics to authorize a coronavirus test with pooled samples. In an FDA news release, ...

A new study from Pakistan suggests 'smart sample pooling' using population grouping with algorithms as a solution to the unavailability of test kits for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

A testing strategy that helped fight HIV could offer the United States a window into the severity of the coronavirus outbreak. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Most tests for the new strain of coronavirus involve taking a swab sample for analysis Senior Correspondent This article was updated to include new information about LabCorp and Stanford Health Care’s ...

Following the news that Quest Diagnostics received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its sample pooling-based COVID-19 test; Brian Hicks, Medical ...

On July 18, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for sample pooling of specimens when using the SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR diagnostic test from Quest ...

On June 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted updates to their Molecular Diagnostic Templates for developers that intend their assay to be used for pooled patient samples or for ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has given emergency approval to a new approach to coronavirus testing that combines test samples in batches instead of running them one by one, speeding ...