As a result of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, this week saw the biggest spike in Covid case numbers since records began in March 2020, with 218,724 positive tests reported in the 24 hours 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 ...

As a result of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, this week saw the biggest spike in Covid case numbers since records began in March 2020, with 183,037 positive tests reported in the 24 hours to ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests were the first available for spotting the coronavirus. They work by detecting the virus’s genetic material, and are very accurate. Then came rapid tests, also ...

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Andre Alfaro from nanoComposix (now a Fortis Life Sciences Company) about the possibilities lateral flow assays offer in both the present and potential ...

A viral video on TikTok shows a COVID-19 test exposed to tap water showing positive for the virus. But this doesn't mean that COVID is present in tap water. In the video, which has been viewed almost ...

Point-of-care diagnostics similar to home COVID-19 tests were able to detect microbial keratitis (MK) caused by Aspergillus fungus with good accuracy, according to a prospective study. An ...

UK researchers have identified how long a person is infectious with COVID-19 and have suggested when it is safe to leave isolation, as well as report on the sensitivity of lateral flow tests, in the ...

The concentration quantification of an analyte (e.g., glucose, cholesterol, antigens, enzymes) in a physiological sample (e.g., saliva, urine, blood) plays a prominent role in the diagnosis and ...