They noted the symptoms of people who came in with sore throats, and whether or not they had a positive strep test. That gave them 71,776 visits for people age 15 and older.

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.

Alere i Strep A test is more accurate than existing lateral flow tests for strep, and is now the fastest test on the market, delivering results in just 8 minutes. The Business Journals.

Because strep is most common in children ages 5 to 15, doctors usually test youngsters with a sore throat for the bacteria. For anyone 15 or older, Mandl said doctors may skip a test depending on ...

Today, Checkable Wellness’s strep test is just weeks away from its first clinical trial. If approved by the FDA, the test could hit store shelves by the first quarter of 2023.

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 ...

New strep throat test (without the wait or the lab) aims to keep patients out of PCP offices ... Or, if it’s strep throat, the remedy is simply a prescribed antibiotic.

Strep throat is a very contagious and potentially serious illness that is often dismissed as nothing more than a sore throat. But letting the illness run its course can be dangerous, so it's ...

New Strep A human challenge model paves the way to test vaccines against the deadly bacteria. ScienceDaily . Retrieved March 30, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 05 ...

We’re still in the “sick season,” with at least 6-8 weeks to go before things slow down. The good news is, flu does seem to be waning, but there are still plenty of coughs, colds … ...

Roche has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided 510(k) clearance for the cobas® Strep A test for the detection of group A streptococcus bacterial (Strep A) DNA in ...