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Your guide to the UK鈥檚 covid-19 testing rules and how LFTs really work

With record numbers of people in England and Wales testing positive for covid-19, many want to know the significance of the lines on a positive lateral flow test, and how they relate to your likelihood of infecting others

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Robot scientist finds most breast cancer studies aren’t reproducible

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Pedestrians walk past images of workers of Britain's National Health Service (NHS) fixed to hoardings outside a temporary field hospital, set up in the grounds of St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London on January 5, 2022. - Britain's state-run National Health Service (NHS) is struggling with staff forced to stay at home after testing positive, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised action to plug staffing gaps in the worst-hit areas. The reactivation of emergency "Nightingale" clinics, along with the drafting of medical volunteers backed by army support, meant the NHS was back on a "war footing", he told a news conference on Tuesday. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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We shouldn’t dismiss ‘incidental’ covid-19 infections in UK hospitals

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Genes linked to Alzheimer鈥檚 may help calculate your risk of getting it

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High blood pressure may be treated by burning nerves near the kidneys

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Ukraine reclaims Chernobyl nuclear plant as Russian forces withdraw

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Genetic test for mutation that leads to antibiotic-induced deafness

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Should I worry about ‘deltacron’ and other covid-19 recombinants?

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Health impacts of wood burning cost EU and UK 鈧�13 billion a year

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Zero-covid strategies are being ditched, but they were the best option

Several countries are now abandoning their goal of reducing the coronavirus's spread as much as possible, but the evidence shows this was the best route to have taken, says Michael Marshall

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How do we decide what counts as trauma 鈥� and have we got it all wrong?

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Health Check newsletter: Six lessons from the covid-19 pandemic

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Myocarditis and covid-19 vaccines: How rare is it and who is at risk?

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US biofirm plans to make hypoallergenic cats using CRISPR gene editing

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