Instant self-test HIV kit on sale in UK One direction sad fans can look to

BRITAIN’S first legally approved HIV self-testing kit went on sale online yesterday, promising a result in just 15 minutes with a 99.7% accuracy rate.

Developers hope the BioSure HIV Self Test will help identify the estimated 26 000 people in Britain who have HIV but do not yet know.

“Knowing your HIV status is critical and the launch of this product will empower people to discreetly test themselves when it is convenient to them and in a place where they feel comfort- able,” BioSure founder Brigette Bard said.

Early diagnosis reduces the risk of passing the disease on to other people.

The kit reacts to antibodies – proteins made in response to the virus – in a drop of the person’s blood, producing two purple lines in the event of a positive diagnosis.

The self-test, which is only available via the internet, can only detect antibodies three months after the patient has become infected. – AFP WHAT is the cosmological effect of singer Zayn Malik leaving the best-selling boy band One Direction and consequently disappointing millions of teenage girls around the world?

The advice of British cosmologist Stephen Hawking to heartbroken fans is to follow theoretical physics, because Malik may well still be a member of the pop group in another universe.

The physicist took a break from speaking about his work as one of the world’s leading scientists to answer the question from one upset fan during a talk in Sydney at the weekend.

“Finally a question about something important,” Hawking, who appeared via hologram, said to loud laughs from the audience.

“My advice is to pay attention to the study of theoretical physics because, one day, there may well be proof of multiple universes.

“It would not be beyond the realms of possibility that somewhere outside of our own universe lies another, and, in that universe, Zayn is still in One Direction.” – Reuters