Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a result of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, this week saw the biggest spike in Covid case numbers since records began in ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests were the first available for spotting the coronavirus. They work by detecting the virus’s genetic material, and are very accurate. Then came rapid tests, also ...

Just as we thought we understood COVID testing, along came omicron and raised a whole new bunch of questions. We asked Dr Andrew Lee, a reader in global public health, to answer them. The UK ...

Lateral flow tests have transformed global health care by enabling rapid disease detection and improving access to medical diagnostics. However, their widespread, single-use design is creating an ...

The performance of lateral flow (antigen) tests commonly used to detect COVID-19 infection in children falls short of the minimum criteria set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and US and UK ...

It looks like we may be required to pay for lateral flow tests pretty soon, which are currently available to pickup for free from pharmacies as well as the option to be delivered straight to our homes ...

As a result of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, last week saw the biggest spike in Covid case numbers since records began in March 2020, with 183,037 positive tests reported in the 24 hours to ...