Known IVD devices can read lateral flow assay strips to detect the existence of a hormone, metabolite, toxin, or pathogen-derived antigen. This reading can be accomplished with the use of an imager, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A study led by Queen Mary University of London and University of Oxford has found that lateral flow tests detect Covid-19 with similar accuracy to laboratory-based PCR tests, providing they are used ...

Only a few years ago the benefits of lateral flow diagnostic tests weren’t widely understood outside of scientific circles. The reason most people came into contact with the technology was through the ...

The government will no longer provide free universal Covid-19 testing for most of the public from 1 April, as part of its plan for living with the virus. While people can currently still order lateral ...

Editor's Note: Article updated with latest information on availability of tests. People faced problems getting hold of the tests last week after a huge surge in demand prompted the Government website ...

LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eurofins Technologies (Paris:ERF), a supplier of test kits and systems for laboratory analyses, announces the launch of its new RapidScan ST5-W lateral flow reader, ...

An artificial intelligence app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helped to reduce false results in a recent trial. An artificial intelligence app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helped to reduce ...

After over two years, we're finally seeing a return to somewhat of a 'normal' life in a post-pandemic world, with the government recently announcing its plans for how we'll be "living with COVID-19".