Scientists are developing a smartphone app that can detect COVID-19 in saliva in about 10 minutes. The technology pairs a phone with a small microscope that analyzes a saliva sample for evidence of ...

COVID-19 testing is becoming more common in the UK as, along with mass vaccinations, it helps to open up society at a time when restrictions are easing. A university is trialling the use of saliva ...

It has been over three years since Covid-19 cases were first diagnosed in the United States. And while President Joe Biden announced last week that he intends to end the state of national emergency ...

As free NHS coronavirus tests continue to be in short supply, there has been growing demand for private testing services. Along with a rise in demand, cases of the virus are also rising across the UK, ...

Suitable for clinics but not homes, the DnaNudge test is unlikely to fulfil the government’s ‘Moonshot’ testing goals A rapid test for coronavirus made by DnaNudge that was said by ministers to be ...

As the two main ways of checking if you have coronavirus, most people will have at least heard of PCR and rapid lateral flow tests by now. It is also widely known that anyone testing positive for the ...

Many countries now demand negative Covid-19 test results from incoming travellers. But there is neither international agreement on the type of test nor the timing requirements. Even within the UK’s ...

Covid testing is being scaled back even further in England from April. It is part of the "living with Covid" approach that relies on vaccines to keep people safe. Most staff and patients in hospitals ...

If you’re showing symptoms of Covid already, you’re encouraged to use the PCR test. You can order one online or order a test at a walk-in/drive-thru site. These tests get sent off to a lab and you’ll ...