Most of the major laboratories are now accredited. Clinics providing lateral flow tests in person also need to be accredited but those sending out self-tests for home delivery do not. All companies ...

Free packs of rapid lateral flow tests can be posted to people’s homes or collected at several places across the country. The tests involve rubbing a swab over the tonsils and inside the nose, much ...

Winter is on its way and that means cases of colds, flu and cases of coronavirus could rise - but where can you buy tests now? Free rapid lateral flow tests were available in the UK during the height ...

With the colder months approaching people are braced for colds and flu cases to rise – and of course there’s the ever-present concern of Covid-19. While the days of lockdowns and restrictions may be ...

Many of us will have experienced the "flow state" at different times in our lives. Sportsmen, artists, and musicians might describe the flow state as being in "the zone" or "in flow". For them, the ...

From today, everyone in England is being urged to take two rapid lateral flow COVID-19 tests a week, to help keep track of the virus. Only people in England will be able to get the tests, with ...

There were 3,047 people in hospital with Covid in England between September 16 and 22, with hospital admissions in England at their highest rate since the end of April, which shows hints the virus is ...

As autumn approaches, the beginning of the cold weather season is notoriously followed by a rise in respiratory illnesses. Covid has already been doing rounds around the country, as a result of poor ...

Coronavirus tests are no longer free for everybody in England. Universal free testing ended on Friday April 1, as part of a switch to the "living with Covid" strategy. While some healthcare staff will ...

Remember all those lateral flow tests we used to do during the Covid pandemic and ­occasionally still do? Well, that useful technology has a life beyond Covid – it can detect brain tumours. A team at ...