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.

Here’s what you need to know about strep throat and how to stay safe this winter as viral infections increase, ... The diagnosis is made with a rapid antigen test or bacterial culture, ...

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

The best way to know if you have strep throat is to get tested. A test can be conducted by swabbing the throat and running a test. The rapid test will tell you in a few minutes if you have it.

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.