Drug Testing Can Improve Your Brand Starting an employee drug testing program is a strong sign you're serious about keeping your workplace safe and aligning with your brand's high standards.
Common Reasons for DNA Testing If you’re considering the benefits of DNA testing for personal or legal reasons, explore the comprehensive DNA testing services offered by Health Street.
DNA Services for Legal Purposes This blog article will walk you through how to get a legal DNA test done with Health Street, and why at-home tests cannot be used in a court of law.
Preparing for a DNA Test Preparing for a DNA test is simple, but it’s important to follow a few key steps to ensure the DNA collection includes viable DNA.
Employee Refusal for Drug Testing An employee or potential employee refuses to take a drug test. As an employer, what do you do? Drug test refusals are a reality that employers across the nation face every day.
Prescription Medication: Employers This guide will help you learn more about prescription medication drug testing, and how to keep your workplace safe and fair for everyone.
5 Ways Health Street Can Help Understanding the critical role of OSHA compliance and effective workplace safety measures is essential for reducing workplace injuries, illnesses, accidents, and liabilities.
Why Health Street Is the Best Choice If you require court-admissible DNA testing, make the informed choice. Trust Health Street for accurate, reliable, and legally sound DNA tests.
Child’s DNA Doesn’t Match Father For peace of mind and clarity, consider purchasing a DNA home testing kit or getting a DNA test at your nearest Health Street collection site.
Hybrid Work Environment Learn about the challenges that come with drug testing and hybrid work, concerns about drug use with remote workers, and the impact of drug use on businesses.
Top 5 Reasons to Background Check Boost your hiring process with background checks - find out why they're essential for employment success.
Fentanyl Costing Lives in Opioid Epidemic This article talks about how fentanyl became a problem, why it's harmful, and what employers can do to keep their workplaces drug-free.
What Are Designer Drugs? Health Street covers what designer drugs are, tricky issues surrounding them, and how they impact workplaces. Plus, we will introduce you to employer drug testing solutions to make your workplace safer.
Background Checks Across State Lines Health Street is here to simplify the employee background check process. In this blog article, we explain state versus federal background checks and how to determine the best approach for your business.
Top 5 Drug Testing Mistakes This article will help you understand five factors in successful employee drug testing and some of the most common drug testing mistakes.
Types of Background Checks Of the many different background screenings, which do you need to keep your workplace safe and in compliance with federal regulations? Read this to learn more.
Does Synthetic Weed Show on Test? Spice is a manufactured imitation of marijuana that can still be found in shiny packets marked as not for human consumption at gas stations, convenience stores, and head shops, or over the internet.
The Richest Guy in the Sky Believe in people, and they will tend to believe in you, too. Of course, it can't be fake - they have to actually have something to appreciate.
Swab Stories: Morning After The vision of creating a TV show around Health Street's Who's Your Daddy DNA testing truck becomes a reality.
VH1 Announces Swab Stories VH1 unveiled a new show about Health Street's Who's Your Daddy truck and the insanely dramatic DNA testing that occurs there, to premiere in Spring 2015.
New TV Series: Who's Your Daddy VH1 is filming a docu-reality series about the Who's Your Daddy Truck, and the insane DNA testing dramas that unfold.
DOT Clearinghouse for Business The DOT Clearinghouse is the new, secure, online database used by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Ensure Office Staff Remain Safe Businesses throughout the nation have taken a hit due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now that it's back to the office for many people, business managers and owners have many concerns about the safety of their staff.
Resume Fraud Resume fraud has become a serious concern for many employers as applicants do everything they can to secure lucrative jobs.
How Rapid Drug Tests Work When should employers use in-lab drug testing versus considering an instant drug test? Read on to find the answers to common questions regarding rapid drug tests.
Louisiana Access to Medical Marijuana How does the new Louisiana medical marijuana law impact employers in federally-regulated industries (like transportation)? Continue reading below to find out.
Does CBD Show Up on a Drug Test? Learn about the differences between how drug tests pick up CBD vs. THC, and when things can go wrong.
Work From Home Drug Testing Here's what employers and employees should know about employment drug testing in a world of increased remote employment.
BCG Vaccine Impact on TB Testing In the USA, where PPD testing is a common diagnostic tool to determine if someone has active TB, a history of BCG vaccination may complicate matters.
Marijuana Drug Testing Laws by State Businesses need to understand which state marijuana laws apply, when federal law takes precedence, and where marijuana testing is prohibited for employment purposes.
Mom Claims Poppyseed Bagel Caused Positive However, what if you were admitted to the hospital and suddenly told that because of the unexpected results of a drug test, you would be put under intense scrutiny?
Difference Between Bio and Social Dad Who's the Daddy? Legally, Socially, Biologically. the complexity of our evolving landscape of how fatherhood and paternity is defined in our society.
Organ Recipients and DNA Tests While consumer DNA tests have been revealed to be a scam when it comes to their ability to reveal the ancestry of a person, even these tests rarely attribute the DNA of one person to another person.
Military Bans DNA Test Kits for Soldiers The Pentagon has advised military members against using at-home DNA kits due to security concerns, but there are still secure options for personnel who need DNA testing.
Not the Parent Expected Health Street recently discovered that 56% of Americans have questions about their biological relationships to family members.
Three Kids Do Not Match DNA Were a mother's three kids switched at birth? Did she steal them? Or is this a genetic anomaly so rare that few have even heard of it: chimerism.
Breathalyzer for THC If THC is being treated like Alcohol by the law, why do drug tests still treat it as entirely illegal? Because there is no Weedalyzer. Find out why not.
MLB Testing Removes THC Major League Baseball and the MLB players' union jointly announced a new drug testing policy for major league and minor league players that brings real change to the league.
What Employers Can See Job seekers have rights. Learn what an employer can consider in a background check. It’s the company’s responsibility to partner with a reputable agency.
Leads to Lawsuits Target, Amazon, Uber, others paying out over $300M for illegal pre-employment background checks! Learn from their mistakes. Learn how to protect your business from a similar fate.
High Levels of Workplace Drug Abuse Employers beware. We asked workers and they told us: they are getting high at work and, alarmingly, circumventing employment drug screenings by using drugs that aren't being tested.
Americans Question Truth of their Birth More than half of people surveyed doubted their own immediate family's DNA truths. Some wait decades to pursue the answers, while others are still waiting.
Returned to THC Within 30 Days Health Street surveyed nearly 600 participants from locations around the country, 84 percent of whom are employed. Out of those, half were required to take a drug test.
How to Beat a Drug Test Users who desperately need to beat a drug test in order to get a job (or to stay out of prison, or to maintain visitation rights to the kids) are understandably easy prey for these modern day snake oil purveyors.
How Long Marijuana Lasts in System How long marijuana remains in your system depends on the potency level of the THC in the marijuana you consume and how often you consume it. Higher THC means it lasts longer.
How Long Does Cocaine Stay in System? How long cocaine lasts in your system depends on several factors, including the amount ingested, the frequency of use, and the specimen type required of the drug test.
Drug Test Agreements in Divorce If you are helping your client negotiate a child custody case, a drug or alcohol testing agreement must be included. Here’s what should be in the agreement.
Explained Background screenings can vary between companies. Usually, they verify a person’s work history, education and degrees, criminal record, and references.
Marijuana Myths and Facts Popular culture and the media actively perpetuate many myths about marijuana addiction. Today, marijuana has become the world's most popular casual use drug.
Drug Use in College Statistically, half of college kids use drugs (not including alcohol), and 20% are seriously abusing them. It’s important to take a look at the warning signs.
Drug Use in Chicago Chicago is a drinking kind of town. Apparently, it's also a pill-popping, snorting, smoking and injecting kind of town, too.
Employee Background Check 101 56% of all job applications contain incorrect facts, 65 million Americans have criminal records, but there is a 41% error rate in the national criminal database!
Facts About Paternity Health Street offers paternity tests at thousands of locations including Eureka, CA as well as DNA Test Locations Nationwide.
Crain's NY features Health Street CEO Crain's reporter Jonathan LaMantia swung by the Who's Your Daddy truck to talk about entrepreneurship, marketing, and DNA.
No Doubt DNA Testing There is a deeply rooted desire in every uncertain father to eliminate that nagging, persistent, ever-present-but-just-beneath-the-surface doubt.
Heroin replacing painkillers in Houston In case you haven't heard, there's a pretty clear trend these days that leads average, every day, otherwise "normal" people into heroin addiction.
Molly the Drug Molly is the in-drug with the in-crowd. It's marketed as pure ecstasy, and glamorized by pop stars. Is there really any danger here?
Is a $79 paternity test kit accurate? Q-tips don't just clear your ear wax, they determine paternity! The catch? These magical Q-tips cost $79 for a box of 4 of them.
EtG Hair Alcohol Testing You know how some people keep track of how many drinks they have each night in their head? Well, your hair also keeps track of your alcohol consumption, and remembers it for 90 days.
NPR interview: Lizzie O'Leary NPR got curious, so they came by the Who's Your Daddy truck to have a look; I had a nice conversation with Lizzie O'Leary about DNA testing.
DNA Testing for Siblings Long lost siblings who have just found each other seem to do everything but get a DNA Test. Sibling DNA Test is not always the first thing people do (although it should be, and I'll tell you why).
Was I Drugged? Like Bill Cosby's accusers, do you feel as though you've been drugged? Find out for certain.
What is an EtG test? I once read somewhere about how bad alcohol is for you. I thought to myself, 'That's it for me. I'm done. No more reading.'
Paternity Testing in Europe French reporter spends two weeks on the Who's Your Daddy truck because he and his readers are fascinated with the availability of paternity tests in the USA.
Paternity Test without Mother A DNA test on the down low? If the father suspects his child is really not his own, can he get a paternity test done without mom finding out? Health Street breaks it down.
Cocaine Found: NJ Nuclear Power Plant Federal drug testing was used to bust a supervisor of a nuclear power plant in NJ for using cocaine. 205 other employees were busted in a recent year for marijuana, cocaine, or alcohol.
Legal Marijuana & Screening This article covers the challenges brought on by legal marijuana and drug testing in the workplace and tips to help employers adjust.
How to Pass A Drug Test Vanity Fair releases video advising how to pass a pre-employment hair follicle drug test or urine drug test.
Paternity Test Kit Health Street launches a home paternity test kit that can be used for DNA testing, or brought in to any one of our clinics for court admissible results. Call 888-378-2499 to purchase.
Different Types of Drug Tests Health Street offers comprehensive drug screenings that your company can use to check job candidates as well as your employees for possible substance abuse.
How Far Back Does a Drug Test Go? In choosing the best drug testing services for your needs, there are several considerations, such as whether you wish to test for more recent use of drugs or over a longer period of time.
Difference Between 10 and 12 Panel At Health Street, we offer many kinds of panel drug tests, and it may be overwhelming. However, this allows our clients to choose a panel drug test that's customized to fit their needs or company requirements.
Different Panel Drug Tests At Health Street, we offer our clients both urine and hair follicle drug tests in different panel configurations. Learn more in our blog.
What is a Workplace Physical Employment Physicals such as a DOT Physical are occupational health exams that assess a person's physical capacity to perform the functions of the job requirements.
How Breathalyzers Work Last night, I administered a breathalyzer alcohol test on a pilot whose flight was about to take off.
DOT Testing: Metro North Derailment Tragedies like the Metro North derailment in the Bronx require seasoned 24x7x365 mobile DOT drug and alcohol technicians.
Butane Hash Oil Butane Hash Oil is concentrated THC, a dangerous form of marijuana. Health Street can test for it through a urine or a hair drug test.
Minnesota Synthetic Drugs Legislation Minnesota talks about taking on the scary growth of dangerous, hard to regulate, synthetic drugs, like Spice, K2, and bath salts.
African Ancestry Test Through Heritage Testing, African Americans discover details about ethnic history that other groups take for granted.
Supplements that Pro Athletes Take Performance Enhancing Drugs like Dextromethorphan, Doxylamine Succinate, Pseudoephedrine, Oxilofrine, Chlorpheniramine, and Diphenhydramine HCLare typical ingredients in OTC cold medicine—except one.
2C-P: A Scary New Party Drug When cops were called to a Connecticut amusement park performance, they found several people collapsed from a little known hallucinogen, 2C-P.
TV Shows Wrong About Poppy Seeds MythBusters and The Doctors TV shows are both wrong, misleading viewers and freaking out poppy seed bagel loving job applicants.
Teens and Drugs For many parents and education professionals, drug tests are an important tool in their arsenal to combat the problem of drug abuse in school.
Benefits of Workplace Drug Testing Workplace drug testing is one tool that allows employers to make sure that safety and productivity remain optimal, both of which provide quantifiable returns on the cost of the tests.
Paternity Guide for Unmarried Parents Establishing legal paternity of a child is absolutely essential for unmarried parents. A child does not have a legal father if her parents are not married
Haplogroup Ethnicity Testing Are you interested in taking your genealogy research to the next level? Consider having a DNA test to determine your haplogroup and discover where your ancient ancestors ended up!
Krokodil Drug Effects Introducing a narcotic that actually eats your flesh. Desomorphine, street name krokodil, is a freakish synthetic opiod right out of a horror movie.
Birth Parent Search Being fully welcomed in a loving family is a wonderful thing, but sometimes an adoptee—or his or her biological family—wants to learn what has become of the long-lost relations.
Home Drug Test vs Lab "Is a home drug test as accurate as a lab test?" Let's examine the facts, and they may surprise you because they are not what you think!
Innovation Excellence The "World's Most Popular Innovation Website" featured our mobile DNA testing truck as an example of an innovation that can drive your core business.
Methamphetamines Effects on The Body Breaking Bad, the critically acclaimed TV series, endeavored to present scientifically accurate information about methamphetamines; here is a summary of the facts.
Mushrooms Drug Effects Magic mushrooms, with mind altering psilocybin, are mystical, transformative, and dangerous.
Steroids and Amateur Athletes It's not just professional athletes who are using steroids, and apparently, age doesn't make a difference either.
Methadone: Recovery from Heroin What Is Methadone? Sometimes labeled as a dangerous narcotic, Methadone is actually an opioid pain reliever, similar to morphine.
HGH Side Effects Though most doping for muscle mass involves steroids, human growth hormone has been become highly publicized lately because of its recent abuse by professional athletes.
Prenatal DNA Testing Story A young married woman called yesterday, telling me she was in a terrible position, begging me for help. She had a one night stand with a man who was not her husband 9 weeks ago, and she is now 9 weeks pregnant. It could be her husband's baby, or it could be the other man's.
DNA Testing for Newborns: Why Wait? If you are wondering whether or not you are the father of a newborn, DNA testing is recommended as early as possible.
Drug Test At Work It seems every company has a drug-free workplace these days, but are they effective in achieving their stated goals? Does a simple pre-employment urine test mean a company is truly drug free?
All Background Checks are Not Created Equal Health Street breaks down the mind numbing array of Background Check options to help you choose the right package to keep your business safe, and your wallet secure.
Baltimore Sun - Mobile DNA Testing Everyone stopped by the Who's Your Daddy DNA Testing RV in Baltimore, MD, Police officers, bank workers, court officers, and even a judge stopped by Health Street's mobile DNA testing truck.
NY Post Reporter Gary Buiso Boards the Paternity Truck This is a story about true fatherhood. The NY Post wanted to write about paternity testing. But in the process of finding a dad who wasn’t, they found a father for the ages.
Can You Get a Paternity Test While Still Pregnant? Zero risk prenatal paternity tests can be done as early as seven weeks into pregnancy.
Being a Father, Offering Paternity Tests Being a father impacts everything. What would you do if you had reason to believe that your child could actually be someone else's? Would you want that closure that only a DNA test offers?
DOT Drug Test for Merchant Marines or US Coast Guard The US Coast Guard is meticulous when it comes to their drug testing requirements. If you are applying for a Merchant Mariner's license, Captain's License, or some other duty covered by USCG regulations, then you need to get a USCG Merchant Marines Drug Test.
Hair Follicle Drug Testing Frequently Asked Questions If you need a hair drug test, first you need the facts: how far back does it go? What drugs can be detected? Body hair vs. head hair vs. no hair at all.
Do Temp Agencies Drug Test Whether a company insists on temp workers taking pre-employment drug tests depends on the business and the position being filled.
Boston Magazine Health Street's Who's Your Daddy truck hit the streets of Boston and discussed paternity testing issues with the community.
Wall Street Journal features Health Street's DNA Testing Truck When the Wall Street Journal writes an article about mobile businesses, Health Street's DNA Testing Truck takes center stage.
CNN - Brooke Baldwin hosts Health Street CEO DNA Testing is hitting the road. A truck called Who's Your Daddy is roaming the streets of New York. Check it out! Offering paternity tests for uncertain fathers. All it takes is a quick cheek swab and a couple hundred bucks.
Should High School Students be Drug Tested? Drug test all high school students to reduce drug use and save lives! Sounds like a slam dunk, right? Upon closer examination, there are both pros and cons to going down this path. Learn the details of the debate.
Paternity Testing and Father's Day Imagine thinking: Is my child not really mine, at least biologically? And then, does it really even matter? Would it change anything?
WPIX 11 - Jeff Varner visits Who's Your Daddy Truck Maury Povich may take this as a challenge! A bus is making its way through the city selling DNA tests to men who are not sure if they're the biological father to their children. Jeff Varner takes a look.
Drug Tests without THC In response to rapidly changing laws surrounding legal marijuana use, Health Street announced a full slate of employment drug testing panels that exclude testing for marijuana.
What does a standard drug test screen for? A standard drug test is one that detects certain common substances. At Health Street, drug tests range from 5 panel (five different drugs) to a comprehensive 25 panel drug test.
