And thankfully, the rapid tests are free for most purposes except travel, where you’ll need to pay for private testing. Some work places will even provide lateral flow tests for free and expect you to ...

Scientists and public health experts built the COVID-19 pandemic response on years of experience navigating infectious disease outbreaks. Although lateral flow immunoassays have been central to ...

Not long ago, referring to a lateral flow test would have resulted in blank stares, even though they’re common diagnostic devices used in over-the-counter pregnancy tests, for example. But the ...

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 ...

Lateral flow immunoassays, also called immunochromatography strips, are straightforward devices used to detect the absence or presence of a target analyte. Target analytes range from pathogens to ...

As Covid infections reach a record high in the UK, many will be testing themselves to see if they have fallen victim to the virus. Even though free testing for millions has ended in England, testing ...

Lateral flow tests for Covid 19 have been rolled out across the UK in various settings – from cities to universities and care homes. Now, the prime minister has suggested they could even be used to ...

An artificial intelligence app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helped to reduce false results in a new trial out today. In work published in Cell Reports Medicine, a team of researchers from the ...