A growing number of soon-to-be parents planning for a cesarean section are also asking for a newer secondary procedure: wiping the newborn with mom’s vaginal fluids. The hope is that vaginal swabbing ...

12 NEWS TERRY SATER IS LIVE IN WAUKESHA. TERRY, A NURSE PRACTIONER DEMONSTRATED THE SWABBING PROCEDURE FOR YOU? >> THAT’S RIGH WE’VE ALL BEEN WONDERING WHAT IT’S LIKE TO GET TESTED FOR COVID-19, SO ...

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 ...

In a new procedure, doctors wiped down the skin of newborns delivered by cesarean section with a gauze carrying their mothers' vaginal fluid. The doctors found that this was a successful way to ...

Tokyo — Researchers in Japan announced "game changing" research this week that found simple saliva tests for COVID-19 are just as reliable as the widely used, but more complicated and uncomfortable, ...