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There’s Now an At-Home Test for Syphilis

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Wicked Local

FDA approves first home-test for syphilis. Here's what to know about it.

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 ...
Fox News

First at-home syphilis antibody test gets FDA authorization as STD cases spike in US

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, ...
phillyvoice.com

Syphilis cases have surged nationwide; here are the STI's symptoms and how to treat it

Syphilis cases have been rising at an alarming rate in the United States, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As concerns for syphilis and sexually ...
Business Wire

First and Only In-Home Test for Syphilis Now Available to Consumers through Major Retailers and Public Health: NOWDiagnostics Launches First To Know® Syphilis Test Across the U.S.

SPRINGDALE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NOWDiagnostics, Inc. (NOWDx), a developer of over-the-counter (OTC) and point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests, today announced that its First To Know® Syphilis Test—a ...
Physician's Weekly

Q&A: Navigating Syphilis Diagnosis & Management in Pregnancy

Emily H. Adhikari, MD, discusses a clinical practice algorithm designed to help clinicians evaluate patients for syphilis.
Inverse

The FDA Just Approved Another At-Home Test For STIs — This One For Syphilis

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 ...
Healio

Q&A: CDC publishes first recommendations for syphilis testing amid spike in cases

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recent CDC data showed a 17% increase in syphilis in the U.S. from 2021 to 2022. New syphilis testing ...
Medscape

Clinicians Must Do More in Testing and Treatment for Syphilis During Pregnancy

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 ...
Healio

Task force recommends screening all pregnant people for syphilis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cases of congenital syphilis increased 10 times from 2012 to 2022. According to a USPSTF member, 90% of ...
Yahoo

Biden health officials urge syphilis, hepatitis C & HIV tests on National HIV Testing Day (exclusive)

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. tktktk Federal officials, healthcare providers, and activists converged at a Walgreens in downtown Washington, D.C., earlier this ...
CIDRAP

Big decline in syphilis seen after introduction of doxyPEP

Syphilis cases in the Seattle area fell by 52% overall after the intervention was implemented, but no effect was seen on ...