The test for the genetic condition will be included in the Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme, which is performed five ...

A new NHS screening programme will test babies for hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 at five days old, enabling early treatment ...

Generation Study enrolls 100,000 babies to receive whole genome testing which can identify hundreds of diseases before ...

The cost-effectiveness of a controversial test promoted as a multicancer early detection (MCED) tool from a single blood sample has been scrutinised in an investigation by the BMJ. The investigation ...

Blood tests which can detect over 50 cancers are correctly identifying more than half of cases, trials suggest.

People claiming specific benefits from the DWP and others of certain ages are often eligible for free sight tests ...

NHS guidelines for gene testing miss half of people carrying inherited genetic changes linked to cancer, a new study reports. Scientists assessed patients who received testing in the private sector to ...

A new non-invasive test for retinoblastoma is to be rolled out to pregnant women by the NHS this week. The test, developed at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, uses a maternal ...

The NHS Test and Trace system – which has been branded “world beating” by the prime minister – is meant to be a serious weapon in the government’s arsenal in the fight against Covid-19. But serious ...

Hundreds of potential kidney donors of Black African and Black Caribbean heritage in the UK can now get a simple blood test to help reduce the risk of kidney failure. The test is part of national ...

Boris Johnson’s test and trace service faces fresh accusations of replacing NHS expertise with “unproven private sector solutions” after a former Sainsbury’s boss was appointed to a key role. Mike ...