According to the antigen tests which went on sale this week in Lidl, it is 98.72 per cent accurate for detecting if somebody has Covid-19. This is a bold claim and not one supported by the Chief ...

For a while, antigen tests were seen as less useful and less reliable than the more time-consuming - and expensive - PCR test, even being branded as "snake oil" by NPHET's Professor Philip Nolan ...

Rapid antigen Covid-19 tests combined with vaccination certificates could offer a way for hospitality businesses and live events to resume safely later this year, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. His ...

Experts say we still need RATs to stop the spread of COVID and ensure timely treatment There's a lot you can do to maximise the accuracy of RATs As COVID continues to do the rounds you may find ...

Two types of COVID-19 tests, the rapid antigen test and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, are available in the United States. The PCR typically relies on lab testing and is still considered ...

Difficulties in getting tested when he contracted Covid last year led a doctor from Northern Ireland to set up a rapid testing service. Dr John T Doherty, who is a consultant anesthetist at ...

The debate around what role rapid Covid-19 testing should have on the speed at which society opens up moved up a gear on Wednesday. Hundreds of workers from the aviation sector took their message to ...

Rapid antigen testing will add an extra layer of protection in the fight against Covid-19, an immunology expert has said. While there were valid concerns about the false sense of security such testing ...

As Ireland looks on at countries like Israel and the UK where the rollout of Covid vaccines is ongoing rapidly, thoughts inevitably turn to a future free of lockdowns and closer to some semblance of ...

The mass rollout of serial rapid antigen testing could see the country “potentially dispense with mandatory hotel quarantine” and help reopen the aviation industry in a safe manner, the Government’s ...