Swabs and reagents are used to collect and process samples for coronavirus testing. The sudden worldwide demand for these materials has created a bottleneck and slowed down testing. Government ...

The latest bottleneck to rolling out diagnostic testing for COVID-19 has been a shortage of tools and equipment needed to collect and transport samples. Manufacturers of swabs and transport media say ...

The two top makers of the highly specialized swabs used to test patients for the novel coronavirus are straining to keep up with the demand, even as both the Italian and U.S. governments are working ...

President Donald Trump continues to tout the country’s increased testing capabilities in his coronavirus briefings. He says that there’s a “tremendous amount” of unused testing capacity in states ...