The number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid in England has begun to rise again, new data from the NHS shows. It comes as experts in Europe warned of a new wave of the virus driven by ...

Editor's Note: Article updated with latest information on availability of tests. People faced problems getting hold of the tests last week after a huge surge in demand prompted the Government website ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. As the coronavirus pandemic continues ...

The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that 500 million free rapid COVID home tests would be mailed to U.S. households starting from next month, as the country battles its latest wave of the ...

Only a few years ago the benefits of lateral flow diagnostic tests weren’t widely understood outside of scientific circles. The reason most people came into contact with the technology was through the ...

A Covid-19 lateral flow test showing a negative result. Routine testing to identify those infected followed by efficient contact tracing, and supported isolation is still the most effective public ...

Lateral flow tests are now the primary way for people without symptoms to find out if they have Covid, even though the devices have been criticised for not consistently detecting the virus in the past ...

The government will no longer provide free universal Covid-19 testing for most of the British public from 1 April, as part of its plan for living with the virus. While people can currently still order ...

After over two years, we're finally seeing a return to somewhat of a 'normal' life in a post-pandemic world, with the government recently announcing its plans for how we'll be "living with COVID-19".

Everyone in England is being offered twice-weekly Covid-19 tests as part of Downing Street’s push to “reclaim a more normal way of life”. Lateral flow test kits, which can provide results in just 30 ...