The FDA has cleared its first at-home test for chlamydia and gonorrhea, the two most common sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S., amid steadily rising numbers of cases. Sold by LetsGetChecked—a ...
Accessible testing for the infections may help curb the STI epidemic, but there is still a long way to go. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 28, 2023 3:30 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...
Americans looking to stay on top of their sexual health have a new at-home option available to them. Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first home test for chlamydia ...
(NewsNation) — The Food and Drug Administration last week gave approval for an at-home chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis test for women. Visby Medical Women’s Sexual Health Test can be taken by ...
In the last year, the FDA has approved two STD tests for at-home use that allow women to get fast diagnoses for syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea—three STDs with skyrocketing rates among midlife women ...
The Simple 2 Test for chlamydia and gonorrhea is the first FDA-approved test with at-home sample collection for any sexually transmitted disease other than HIV. Photo courtesy of FDA The first home ...
Routt County Public Health is partnering with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the imaware health ...
SAN ANTONIO – The Pride Center of San Antonio announced it is expanding its offering of free sexually transmitted disease testing kits on World AIDS Day. People can now take at-home tests for HIV, ...
Checking for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which are notoriously underreported and stigmatized, may soon get easier now that U.S. authorities have recently approved the first commercial ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has greenlit the first test for chlamydia and gonorrhea that will allow users to collect samples at home. After HIV, this is the first FDA-authorized test that ...