Adenovirus cases have been on the rise across the UK, with government data revealing an increase in positivity from 2.8% to 3 ...

A recent study conducted on human A(H5N1) cases in the United States found that conjunctivitis was the primary symptom ...

The union health ministry on 6 January reported 2 cases of HMPV in Karnataka detected by ICMR during routine surveillance.

Antique Provincial Veterinary Office Public Health Division chief Dr. Marco Rafael Ardamil said in an interview Thursday (Jan. 16) that surveillance and oropharyngeal swab collection is ongoing in six ...

Oral sex has now been identified as the leading cause of throat cancer, overtaking smoking, alcohol consumption, and poor diet, according to medical experts. The rise of oropharyngeal cancer ...

An emerging method for HPV testing is a patient-collected swab of the cervicovaginal area. A private, accurate screening for HPV may allow those who are averse to traditional screening an opportunity ...

Newly published research in JAMA presents an alternative: a nasal swab test that researchers say accurately diagnoses a child’s asthma subtype. Researchers used the new tests in three studies of ...

So what’s the best way to clean our ears? And is using a cotton swab (or Q-Tip, the name brand that has become synonymous with the soft, fuzzy little tool) really as problematic as we’ve been told?