The test stick is swabbed along the upper and lower gum once and placed into the test tube for 20 minutes before reading the results. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approval ...

OraQuick HIV Self-Test that will increase access to HIV testing for adolescents. The change expands the approved age range to include individuals 14 years of age and older for the OraQuick HIV ...

November 10, 2009 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — With either oral fluids or blood, patients can reliably test themselves for HIV infection using a rapid test and only printed instructions, researchers ...

The world of HIV in the U.S. just changed dramatically. For the better. In a major development for public health that went almost unnoticed, Orasure Technologies just received FDA approval for an over ...

The Test: The OraQuick Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test was originally approved for use in whole blood in November 2002 and received a CLIA waiver for expanded use in this setting in January 2003. On March ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa., Dec. 13, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSUR), the market leader in oral fluid diagnostics, announced today that it has enrolled the first subject in its ...

Expansion of the OraQuick® HIV Self-Test to individuals aged 14 and older increases access to vital HIV testing for adolescents, addressing a significant public health need. The approval aligns with ...

WASHINGTON - People will soon be able to learn before leaving the doctor's office if they're infected with the AIDS virus. The government on Thursday approved a 20-minute HIV test that AIDS experts ...

There was a major victory in the battle against HIV/AIDS recently when the Food and Drug Administration approved the first easy-to-use “rapid” test for HIV, called OraQuick. This test provides results ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa., Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release issued under the same headline on Tuesday, January 7th by OraSure Technologies, Inc. (OSUR), please note that the first sentence of the ...