Healio

Lack of prenatal care, testing fueling rise in congenital syphilis-related stillbirths

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . U.S. cases of congenital syphilis-related stillbirths rose each year from 2016 to 2022. Risk factors for ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

FDA Authorizes First At-Home Test for Syphilis

Any test result should be confirmed via a lab test arranged through a doctor's visit, the FDA stressed FRIDAY, Aug. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- As syphilis cases surge throughout the United States, ...
New York Post

FDA approves $30 at-home syphilis test in US as cases see disturbing spike: report

The first at-home syphilis test has been approved for sale in the US as the worsening epidemic and decades-long rise in cases continues. The Food and Drug Administration granted approval Friday for a ...
WCBD

Syphilis cases in US newborns skyrocketed in 2022. Health officials suggest more testing

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Alarmed by yet another jump ...
News Medical

Rise in US congenital syphilis cases linked to testing and treatment failures, CDC reports

In a recent study published in the journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers analyzed the United States (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National Notifiable ...
Business Wire

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 ...

– Program Provides At-Risk Consumers Access to Free Tests Delivered At Home – SPRINGDALE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NOWDiagnostics, Inc. (NOWDx), a leader in developing over-the-counter (OTC) and ...
Albuquerque Journal

State renews public health order for increased syphilis testing as congenital cases continue to rise

With a growing number of congenital syphilis cases, state officials this week renewed a public health order dating back to 2021, encouraging physicians to increase testing for the sexually transmitted ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

FDA authorizes first over-the-counter syphilis test to use at home

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 ...
ABC7 San Francisco

FDA authorizes 1st over-the-counter, at-home test for syphilis

The first at-home, over-the-counter antibody test for syphilis received marketing authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday. This means biotechnology company ...
UPI

FDA approves first at-home, over-the-counter test for syphilis

Aug. 16 (UPI) --The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first over-the-counter, at-home test for syphilis in response to surging levels of the sexually transmitted disease nationwide.
Click2Houston

Syphilis cases in US newborns skyrocketed in 2022. Health officials suggest more testing

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