Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pre-intervention, only 6.2% encounters included syphilis testing, which increased to 52.4% postintervention.

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 ...

Positive results indicate the presence of antibodies to syphilis that require follow-up with a health care provider. The First To Know ® Syphilis Test is now available for purchase nationwide to be ...

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Worried you might have syphlis but are afraid to go to a clinic? Now you can get tested at home. The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first over-the counter antibody test for detecting ...

CDC data from 2021 show the lifetime cost of treating syphilis to be $1190. There are 4 types of syphilis: primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, latent syphilis, and congenital syphilis ...

Credit: NOWDiagnostics. The at-home test can be used to inform individuals of current or past infections in 15 minutes using a single drop of blood. Confirmatory testing should be conducted by a ...

The FDA on Friday granted marketing authorization to NOWDiagnostics for the first at-home, over-the-counter syphilis screening test. The authorization follows last year's authorization of the first at ...