The newer versions of lateral flow tests (LFTs) instruct the user to swab the nose only when testing for Covid – and the change came as a relief for those who hated doing the gag-inducing throat and ...

UK Covid infections may have hit a pandemic record high of 189,213 in the previous 24 hour period but Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Britons to go ahead with their New Years Eve parties ...

TESTING for COVID-19 needs to "adapt" to the new variant, an expert has warned as the Omicron variant is "very different" to others. The warning comes from American public health scientist Dr Eric ...

Some experts are calling on people to do a throat swab, even if they are doing a "nose only" lateral flow test. At the moment people travelling to see family for the holidays all over Wales are ...

Lateral flow assays, also called immunochromatographic assays, identify or measure biomolecules in intricate samples like blood, saliva, urine, or other fluids to diagnose numerous medical conditions.