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For at-home rapid COVID-19 tests, there are suggestions people should swab their throat and their nose for a more accurate result. Experts caution against it.

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NYC-based Tally Health sells a $249 cheek swab test that estimates biological age based on changes to DNA — and makes recommendations to help improve the results.

The FDA is warning people to only swab their noses while using at-home COVID-19 tests — pushing back against reports that the results are more accurate when users swab their throats.

Nasopharyngeal Covid-19 swab. NurPhoto via Getty Images. Many who’ve had a nasal Covid-19 test performed on themselves have described it as feeling like that swab got as far back as their brains.

There, a nasal Covid swab left her with burst blood vessels and balloon catheters in both nostrils to stem the bleeding. “I’ve never seen so much blood in my life,” Ms. Benattar, 34, said.

Rotate the swab while gently pressing against the inside of your nostril for at least 15 seconds. You should complete at least four circles around each nostril, the CDC says.

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The swab is then placed into the machine, along with a vial of testing solution, and the machine does its work. It takes about six to eight minutes for results to print out.