The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted marketing authorization for the first at-home syphilis test. The over-the-counter First To Know Syphilis Test, made by NOWDiagnostics in Arkansas, ...
In recognition of National HIV Testing Day, University of Toledo Health will provide free and confidential rapid HIV and ...
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the first at-home, OTC test to detect syphilis — a much-needed diagnostic tool for an infectious disease that has experienced a spike in ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved the first over-the-counter test to detect syphilis antibodies in human blood. The “First To Know Syphilis Test” is produced by the ...
Self-testing for syphilis could reduce the sexually transmissible infection's global impact, a Monash University-led study has found. Syphilis continues to be a major health issue, with an estimated 7 ...
Credit: NOWDiagnostics The First to Know Syphilis Test retails for $29.99 and is available online and at major retailers and pharmacies. Positive results indicate the presence of antibodies to ...
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 ...
In a busy clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, a clinician performs a rapid syphilis test on a pregnant woman. Within 15 minutes, the results are in — she is infected — and treatment can begin immediately.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling for urgent physician action after nearly 3800 infants were born with syphilis in 2022, a more than 10-fold increase from 2012. That action ...
Providing optional syphilis tests to most people seeking care at a large emergency department led to a dramatic increase in syphilis screening and diagnosis, according to a study of nearly 300,000 ...
As a physician and former public health official, I have never been more concerned about those rates of congenital syphilis,” ...