Test strips cost about $1 each and can be used to check drugs for dangerous contaminants, including fentanyl and xylazine.

The federal government will no longer pay for the thousands of test strips the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health sends by ...

Medicare Part B covers blood sugar test strips for those with diabetes if a doctor prescribes them and you get them from a Medicare-approved supplier. The number of test strips covered by Medicare ...

About 1 in 13 college students reported having a drink spiked at some point, according to a 2016 study from researchers at ...

This week's 'Ask Evan' question comes from Vicki B. Vicki asks, "I've been noticing signs along the roads advertising that someone or a company is looking to buy diabetic test strips. What's that ...

The Trump administration is no longer allowing federal funds to be used for purchasing or distributing test strips that can determine if street drugs ...

Test strips can determine within minutes if drugs are laced with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid. RJ Sangosti / MediaNews Group / The Denver Post via Getty Images As overdose deaths from opioids ...

A team of researchers is developed a test strip that can detect a toxin found in many species of deadly mushrooms. Before the experts were rushing to find treatments and testing for the coronavirus, ...

The biotech company BTNX says it is shipping out new test strips this week that detect the presence of xylazine, an animal sedative that officials say is increasingly being mixed with fentanyl. As ...

A red stripe on a test strip indicates that a heroin sample is positive for fentanyl. In the face of relentless increases in overdose deaths that involve fentanyl, the strips have become an important ...