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