Ciara Harrison News Today

Jill Harrison's daughter Ciara was murdered in 2019. Now Harrison is trying to help the man who killed her child, fighting for Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to change San Quentin.

AT some point in your life, you will be ill, confined to bed or admitted to hospital. None of us think about these possibilities until suddenly we are there…

Self- or caregiver swabs are as effective as healthcare worker swabs for detecting pathogens Self swabs and caregiver swabs are effective at detecting multiple pathogens and are just as accurate as those taken by healthcare workers, according to a team of Australian researchers. The research appears in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, a publication of the American Society for Microbiology. Across the range of pathogens and swab types, there was high agreement between results from self- or...

 E-Mail Washington, DC - January 28, 2021 - Self swabs and caregiver swabs are effective at detecting multiple pathogens and are just as accurate as those taken by healthcare workers, according to a team of Australian researchers. The research appears in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, a publication of the American Society for Microbiology. "Across the range of pathogens and swab types, there was high agreement between results from self- or caregiver swabs and those performed by a hea...