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FDA authorized emergency use of saliva test for COVID-19

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FDA authorized emergency use of saliva test for COVID-19
FDA authorized emergency use of saliva test for COVID-19

Federal health officials have authorized the emergency use of a coronavirus saliva test.

- federal health officials have - authorized the emergency use- of a coronavirus saliva test.

- yale school of public health- developed the test... which - does not use the chemical - reagents that are used in the - standard nasal swab diagnostic- test.

- the test... known as- salivadirect... is currently- being used on n-- b-a players and staff.- the researchers plan to make th- protocol- available to other labs across- the country..

And - expect the charge will be about- 10 dollars per sample.- yale has said the accuracy of - the results was similar to that- of- nasal swab tests... but they- have yet to be

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