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The government has suspended its home COVID-19 test kits ordering service because of high demand. Thousands of people who tried to order the rapid lateral flow tests on the government website were ...

The NHS is currently giving out free lateral flow tests to people who don’t have symptoms but want to double check they don’t have Covid-19. If you’re looking to travel, you’ll have to book your ...

When should you do a lateral flow test and when to take a PCR? As Coronavirus numbers rise in Scotland, you might want to make sure you aren't positive and at risk of passing it on to your loved ones, ...

New NHS guidelines have outlined who should be taking Covid lateral flow tests. It comes after the Government announced previously that the distribution of free test kits to the general public will ...

You may want to use a lateral flow test (LFT) to check whether it's Covid-19 or not. Most people aren't entitled to free Covid tests any more, so we've rounded up where you can buy the cheapest Covid ...

The cost (and faff) of acquiring an expensive PCR test has put many of us off travel abroad. But now, the system is set to change to make tests easier and cheaper to access. From October 24, fully ...

Lateral flow tests will remain available for free for "as long as we need" and the NHS is expected to be under pressure for the next "two or three weeks" says Tory minister Michael Gove. Mr Gove, the ...

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 ...

People taking lateral flow tests to see whether they have Covid-19 have been warned to watch out for common mistakes. Three major mistakes people make when spotting the test have been pointed out by ...

Remember all those lateral flow tests we used to do during the Covid pandemic and ­occasionally still do? Well, that useful technology has a life beyond Covid – it can detect brain tumours. A team at ...

An NHS doctor has explained how using tap water or fizzy drinks could produce a positive result on lateral flow tests. It comes after a number of conspiracy theorists claimed that pouring a fizzy ...