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 ...

When the coronavirus pandemic first took hold, trying to get a COVID test was like trying to get Glastonbury tickets. Hard to come by is an understatement. But now, well over a year on, a key part of ...

LONDON – Final results of the community pilot in Liverpool, U.K., that used the controversial Innova Medical Group Inc. lateral flow device to test all comers for COVID-19, show new cases fell by 21% ...

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 ...

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 ...

Andrew Lee has previously received research funding from the National Institute for Health Research. He is a member of the UK Faculty of Public Health and the Royal Society for Public Health. Just as ...

During the early stages of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), rapid testing was imperative for public health policymakers and health care workers in order to determine where and what measures ...