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There’s Now an At-Home Test for Syphilis

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Prenatal syphilis detection briefly up with mandated repeat screening

As congenital syphilis cases surge, state mandates may not be enough to keep detection rat ...
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 ...
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.
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Amid syphilis surge, doctors call for more testing during pregnancy

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This 1972 microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Treponema pallidum bacterium which ...
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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, ...

Portable CRISPR-based test detects four STIs, including syphilis, in under an hour

Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) have developed a world-first ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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First To Know – the only Over-the-Counter Home Test for Syphilis – Will Now Be Available Through the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, Building ...

The First To Know Syphilis Test is the first FDA-marketing-authorized OTC blood test for syphilis, offering laboratory-quality results in just minutes. As part of the TakeMeHome program, this ...
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

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 ...