FDA Authorizes First At-Home COVID-19 Saliva Sample Collection Kit

The US agency has authorized the first COVID-19 test to use at-home saliva sample collection. Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory landed the emergency use authorization.

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The first test that allows people to collect saliva samples at home for diagnosis of COVID-19 won authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration on 8 May.

Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory landed the emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19 lab-developed test, which is an add-on to...