"Do not take a test that's made and designed for nasal swab and use it in your throat"

Dr. Jennifer Ashton answers your questions about COVID in children and how to keep them safe as school restarts.

NEW YORK -- Should you take your COVID tests by swabbing your thro

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Before polio vaccines became available in the 1950s, people wary of the disabling disease were afraid to allow their children outside, let alone go to school. As polio appears again decades after it was considered eliminated in the U.S., Americans unfamiliar with the dreaded disease need a pri

A three-year-old boy in China who played at being a doctor by giving his six cats at home Covid-19 tests has gone viral on mainland social media.

A trending video of the boy, a Beijing local surnamed He, shows him with his pet cats, which are all wearing masks, as he pretends to administ

Tap water can return a positive lateral flow test result for Covid-19.

Putting tap water on a lateral flow test will break it. Claims that water has tested positive have no basis in fact, because the test is used incorrectly.

A number of posts on Facebook show people putting tap wa

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The rise of the omicron coronavirus variant has put an increased focus on regular testing, but are rapid lateral flow tests the right tool for the job?

Positive and negative rapid lateral flow tests Anna Mente/Shutterstock

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Lateral flow tests have become a part of every day life for many.

They are a major defence against the spread of Covid, and the Government has urged us all to test regularly.

But what are the rules around taking a test? Here’s everything you need to know.

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A pad that could screen for human papillomavirus would be self-collected, mess-free, private, and painless, and harness "an unused, easy to get, recurring resource," menstrual blood. (Credit: Getty Images)

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Like many things in the past two and a half years, Pap tests were put on hold to limit close contact. And we can’t say we missed them—hopping into the stirrups and bracing for the cold speculum is no one’s idea of a good time. But just how necessary are they?

Pap smears screen for

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COVID-19 viral load rebound occurred in 2.3% of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir (Paxlovid) recipients and in 1.7% of placebo recipients.

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