Several conditions can cause a false-positive syphilis test result. However, healthcare professionals often use two different tests to diagnose a person with syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually ...

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, ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In the United States, syphilis cases rose by nearly 80% between 2018 and 2023, with 209,253 cases reported in the latest year of data. The infection, which can be transmitted ...

On August 16 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the sale of the first over-the-counter at-home test for syphilis in an effort to contain a national surge in the sexually transmitted ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Syphilis is spreading at alarming rates in Tennessee, with cases up 162% over a five-year period. However, getting tested just got easier. Middle Tennessee health experts say ...

(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration authorized the first at-home over-the-counter test for syphilis Friday. (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration authorized the first at-home ...

More than $5.5 million of the contract will be put toward assessing the impact of providing a biomedical intervention called DoxyPEP, which provides the antibiotic doxycycline to help avoid infection ...

(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration authorized the first at-home over-the-counter test for syphilis Friday. Until now, people who suspected that they had the sexually transmitted infection had ...