For decades, syphilis testing meant first screening a patient with a nontreponemal test, such as the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test, which identifies recent or untreated syphilis but can yield ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are common. According to the World Health Organization, more than 1 million STIs are acquired every day across the globe. Syphilis is one of the most common STIs ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Americans can now test for syphilis using the first at-home, over-the-counter test to be approved for this sexually transmitted infection. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has granted NOWDiagnostics authorization to market their at-home, over-the-counter antibody test that ...

Syphilis testing typically requires obtaining a blood sample and sending it to a lab. The wait for results ranges from hours to days. The FDA has authorized a new at-home syphilis test, a ...

The FDA granted a green light to its first at-home, over-the-counter test to detect a person’s exposure to syphilis, offering a private option to help detect the sexually transmitted infection.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — On August 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved NOWDiagnostics to begin marketing the first at-home, over-the-counter syphilis test. While the at-home test alone is ...