As a result of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, this week saw the biggest spike in Covid case numbers since records began in March 2020, with 119,789 positive tests reported in the 24 hours to ...

A live video broadcast to Facebook about the methods used to sterilise medical equipment has falsely suggested “ethylene oxide-coated” swabs in lateral flow tests cause cancer. This claim reveals the ...

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

An artificial intelligence app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helped to reduce false results in a new trial out today. Published in Cell Reports Medicine, a team of researchers from the ...

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Claims that the UK government is trying to trick citizens into taking a hazardous lateral flow test by altering the kit’s outer packaging are false. Lateral flow tests are safe, and the Department of ...

Free Covid tests will now be available only to vulnerable groups and some NHS staff, as the government ends free testing for the majority of the population. From 1 April, most people in England will ...