A DIY, no-swab Covid-19 test is set to be piloted in the UK. Researchers based at Southampton University are overseeing a four-week trial of the DIY test, which will involve more than 14,000 participants. The test is a no-swab saliva test, which enables individuals to spit into a tube. The aim is to determine whether […]
British scientists are testing an experimental drug to target blood clots linked to Covid-19. The trial has been funded by the British Heart Foundation and is designed to provide more information about the relationship between potentially life-threatening blood clots and hormone imbalances. A third of patients who receive hospital treatment for Covid-19 develop blood clots, […]
Researchers from the University of Oxford have suggested that a malaria drug, which has been touted as a possible treatment for Covid-19, is not effective. There has been a lot of talk about Hydroxychloroquine in the press, most notably because President Trump admitted to taking it, but researchers have claimed that it is not an […]
A recent survey conducted by the Office of National Statistics suggests that around 7% of the population has had Coronavirus. Antibody tests sent out to random households suggest that approximately 7% of the population in England has been infected by Covid-19. The findings are based on a sample of 885 people collected after the 26th […]