At-home test kits, also known as at-home medical tests or self-tests, are kits that you can purchase online, at supermarkets, or at your local pharmacy and use to detect or monitor certain diseases ...

Are you someone who purchases and uses medical self-testing kits? If so, some just-published research suggests caveat emptor may be in order. Self-testing is increasingly popular, especially since the ...

Home health tests bought by people seeking answers about their conditions could give inaccurate and misleading results and require much greater regulation to ensure they are safe, reliable, and ...

The JN.1 COVID-19 subvariant has been found in several Indian states, including Kerala, Gujarat, and Delhi. Daily cases have recently risen, with 614 new infections reported in a single day, the ...

The BMJ reviewed research on health test kits sold in UK supermarkets and uncovered some deeply concerning gaps. Unlike routine diagnostic tests and assays used in clinical practice and prescribed ...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham collected and analysed 30 self-test kits, costing between £1.89 and £39.99, in 2023. These included tests for conditions such as bowel cancer, vitamin ...

More than 30,000 HIV self-test kits have been distributed nationwide under a free online service, revealing infection rates ...

In populations with men at high-risk of HIV infection, advertising free HIV self-test kits on dating apps may be a feasible way of testing these individuals, according to new research published in the ...

SINGAPORE: HIV self-testing kits will be available at selected retail pharmacies in Singapore by the end of January 2025. Announcing this on Saturday (Nov 30), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said it is ...