This week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the way for putting the first at-home, over-the-counter test to detect syphilis antibodies in human blood. Test-kits for syphilis for the ...
STI screening becomes even more critical as women age.
Alarmingly, syphilis cases have jumped by 80% since 2018, affecting over 207,000 people last year, including newborns. Lifestyle Expert Jacky Herrera chatted with Harold Phillips, Deputy Director of ...
Syphilis testing typically requires obtaining a blood sample and sending it to a lab. The wait for results ranges from hours to days. The FDA has authorized a new at-home syphilis test, a ...
The Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment is obtaining free rapid screening and testing kits for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Thanks to the approval of a Memorandum of ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A program in Ohio, which provides free home testing, may help slow the rise of sexually transmitted infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now considers ...
In a recent study published in The Lancet Public Health, researchers performed a meta-analysis on the utility of syphilis self-testing (SST). Study: The role of syphilis self-testing as an additional ...
Compared to about a decade ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said congenital syphilis cases are 700% higher ...
Public health teams across the state ramped up efforts to target STIs after a sharp increase between 2020 and 2021.