The Department of Health has confirmed guidance for PCR testing and self-isolation will be updated due to the pressure being placed on the testing system amid record-breaking daily case numbers.

The rules on when to take a PCR test and when to take a lateral flow have changed in England, as the UK hits more than 142,000 daily Covid cases. From January 11, those without symptoms do not need to ...

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.

“Infectious diseases don’t respect borders,” says Khoa Thai, a clinical microbiologist at the Star-shl medical diagnostics laboratory in the Netherlands. To limit their spread, we need a globally ...

As demand for tests spiked, the only PCR test centre in southwest Dublin closed shop In recent months the green tent on Inchicore's Emmet Road had become a fixture on evening walks around the block, ...