A team of Canadian scientists is testing whether or not marijuana compounds can block coronavirus infection. Researchers at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta looked at 400 cannabis strains and focused on about a dozen that showed promise in preventing the virus from ‘hijacking’ our cells. They say extracts of cannabidiol (CBD), the main non-psychoactive … Read more
Superdrug today became the first high street retailer to start selling a coronavirus antibody test to the public and has sold out in a matter of hours. The tests, which are intended to tell someone if they have had the virus in the past, cost £69 and require the user to take finger-prick blood samples … Read more
Superdrug has become the first high street retailer to sell a coronavirus antibody test to the public for £69 with almost 100 per cent accuracy. The test is produced by medical giant Abbott, which was the second antibody test approved by ministers this month after that made by Roche. Blood samples have to be posted … Read more
People who recover from coronavirus and test positive again are NOT contagious: Korean CDC finds ‘re-positive’ patients did not infect any of their 790 contacts The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at 285 survivors of coronavirus who tested positive after other tests said they were negative Of the 790 people the patients … Read more
Your smartphone may soon be able to detect if you have coronavirus by coughing or sneezing onto a sensor. A team at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City has developed a portable, reusable device the size of a quarter that plugs into a phone’s charging port. If the virus is in the sample, … Read more
A Florida-based health care system says the results of more than 35,000 coronavirus tests are ‘unreliable’. According to AdventHealth, it was concerned with one of of its third-party labs, MicroGen DX, which had been processing the tests. The group says scores of patients likely received false positive or negative results. Meanwhile, thousands went at least … Read more
Anyone over the age of five in the UK with coronavirus symptoms can now apply for a test, Matt Hancock announced today. The Health Secretary revealed checks will would be available at the drive-in centres or through mobile screening and could be booked online – although it is far from clear whether there will be capacity … Read more
Anyone over the age of FIVE with coronavirus symptoms can now apply for a test, Matt Hancock announces, hours after Sturgeon gazumps him again with same announcement Matt Hancock has said everyone with symptoms can apply for coronavirus test Applies to those over the age of five across the UK, the Health Secretary said Tests … Read more
It’s a niggling question eating away at millions of Britons: was that wretched cough that lasted for most of February actually coronavirus? And if it was, might you have locked down your life for nothing? The answer lies in a simple test that looks for antibodies in the blood – proteins released by the immune … Read more
Matt Hancock pledges to test every care home resident and staff member in England for coronavirus by ‘early June’ amid growing scandal over death toll after ONS figures show 23,000 extra deaths this year Health Secretary said every care home resident will be tested by ‘early June’ He said Government measures meant almost two thirds … Read more