In the past few years, we’ve gotten very familiar with at-home rapid testing for COVID-19. In the midst of the pandemic, the need for another kind of health screening skyrocketed: Rates of STIs rose ...

During the early stages of the pandemic, STI testing rates declined due to factors such as healthcare clinics closing or limiting in-person appointments, resource reallocation to combat Covid-19, and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW YORK — In this video, Jacob R. McLean, DO, assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University, recaps ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Less than 3% of patients tested for chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis were also tested for HIV in the ED. The CDC ...

People can order free home STI tests by visiting the Embrace website, but clinics also remain open for testing, advice and ...

Stigma, privacy and inconvenience are among the many barriers that may prevent some adolescents and young adults from addressing sexual health with a traditional health provider. But many young people ...

Disparities in testing and in test positivity for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) suggest missed opportunities for screening, and the need for more targeted strategies to improve prevention of ...

Implementation of broad-scale sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening in pediatric emergency departments (EDs) was associated with higher rates of infection detection (+2.59 per 1000 patient ...

In a major advancement for women's health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing authorization for the first home-based, nonprescription diagnostic test for three common ...

One sexually transmitted infection in particular is on the rise, prompting health officials to push screening for sexually active residents. In 2022, Michigan identified 2,647 cases of syphilis, a ...