Easier-to-Use Coronavirus Saliva Tests Start to Catch on
As the coronavirus pandemic broke out across the country, healthcare providers and scientists relied on the standard method for detecting respiratory viruses: sticking a long swab deep into the nose to get a sample. The obstacles to implementing such testing on a mass scale quickly became clear. Among them: Many people were wary of the […]
Testing Hero: Greg Bowman, RN
Rush University Medical Center In the early days of the pandemic, Covid-19 testing was sparse in Chicago. When Rush University Medical Center set up its drive-thru testing clinic in mid-March, Greg Bowman, RN, a registered nurse in the neurosurgery department, jumped into action. For four weeks, the Indiana native swabbed hundreds of patients in a […]
