The British government announced a 7-billion-pound ($9.3-billion) increase in funding for its COVID-19 testing and contact tracing system on Monday, as part of an expanded programme of mass testing ...

If you feel unwell with a bad throat and a temperature you may well have caught one of the new strains of Covid circulating ...

Degitu Azimeraw, who won the Amsterdam Marathon in a course record as a 20-year-old last year, and fellow Ethiopian and top coach Haji Adelo, will be absent from Sunday's London Marathon after testing ...

A new strain of Covid, with a unique symptom, is circulating in the UK, accounting for a high proportion of cases in England. The new strain, called Stratus, has two variants, XFG and XFG.3, with some ...

Nothing puts a damper on your holiday plans like a positive COVID-19 test. But what if that line is super faint? Do you still have COVID-19 —or can you go ahead and attend your office party like you ...

BBC Morning Live's Dr Oscar Duke shares his advice on how to identify whether you have cold, flu or Covid and how to look ...

For anyone still struggling with symptoms weeks or even months after a bout of COVID-19, new research offers hope for a valid, reliable diagnosis of long COVID via blood test. One of the hardest ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

The holidays are well underway and people are looking forward to or already enjoying time with friends and family, some of whom have likely traveled a distance to attend the festivities (and brought ...