BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) – Fargo-based medical startup, Checkable Medical, is conducting a clinical study to prove the safety and effectiveness of an over-the-counter at-home strep test.

At-home strep tests are a way to potentially save yourself a trip to the doctor, but how well do they actually work? We’ll explore how they stack up against the tests that doctors use.

Tribe Clinical Research nurse practitioner Cathleen Jeffers says this pediatric at-home strep test is very similar to the COVID-19 tests. But instead of swabbing the nose, parents would swab their ...

There has been a rise in Strep A cases over the last few weeks with several children having lost their lives to the illness. Strep A bacteria can cause a wide variety of infections, but most ...

"A rapid strep test can be resulted in minutes," Dr. Moffitt says, "If this is negative, sometimes a throat swab will be tested by culture to see if the bacteria that causes strep throat grows.

Strep throat is a common sickness, especially among kids. It begins with a sore throat but is caused by bacteria, not a virus ...

Rapid strep test. A rapid test will give results before you leave the office. If that’s negative, the doctor may order a culture, which is a more in-depth test to see if the bacteria is actually ...

Strep throat is typically not considered dangerous, but it can be excruciating. By Dani Blum The list of potential culprits for a sore throat just seems to get longer — Covid-19, colds and now ...

Strep A infections affect about 750 million people and kill more than 500,000 globally every year, more than influenza, ...

Some pharmacies offer a 'sore throat test', though this is not a Strep A screening service and should not be treated as such. The sore throat test is only available to children over the age of six.