Tesco has become the first supermarket in the UK to offer three new NHS lab-verified at-home health tests. The new DIY tests ...

The new kits offered by Tesco include fertility, testosterone, and diabetes tests. They are available in 380 stores and ...

The cost-effectiveness of a controversial test promoted as a multicancer early detection (MCED) tool from a single blood sample has been scrutinised in an investigation by the BMJ. The investigation ...

With huge waiting lists for NHS fertility treatment, it can be an agonising wait for couples, or those hoping to become parents, to find out if they will ever achieve their dream of starting a family.

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is conducting trials of a 15-minute blood test, MeMed BV, designed to rapidly diagnose ...

The NHS is aiming to test up to 100,000 newborn infants in a study to understand whether improvements can be made in diagnosing and treating genetic conditions. Newborn blood spot screening, often ...

Newborn babies in England will now be routinely screened for a rare genetic condition, NHS England has announced. Hereditary tyrosinaemia type 1 (HT1) affects around seven UK babies annually, causing ...

The latest surveillance data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has revealed that Covid prevalence is at a medium but ...

The NHS has announced that newborns will be screened for a rare, life-threatening metabolic disorder that can lead to kidney disease and cancer. A test for Hereditary Tyrosinaemia Type 1 (HT1) will be ...