Last year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first at-home test for three prevalent infections in women – ...
Point-of-care PCR testing for STIs in the ED reduced length of stay and improved antibiotic stewardship compared with central laboratory testing.
Doctors say that home tests can be as accurate as getting tested in a lab if you get a good sample. (Getty Images) Getting tested for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) used to mean driving to ...
Quest and Labcorp may be archrivals in the diagnostic testing market, but they appear to agree on at least one thing: the ...
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 ...
As married couples, have you ever thought about getting tested for STIs? While the topic might seem spicy or controversial, we should discuss it. According to recent studies, more Black women (50%) ...
Student Health Services (SHS) offers STI screening year-round to students who have paid the wellbeing fee. But during the month of April, SHS will waive the wellbeing fee for screening in honor of STI ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 14 months, a hospital increased its STI testing rate among high-risk patients from 12% to 59%. The ...
Checking for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which are notoriously underreported and stigmatized, may soon get easier now that U.S. authorities have recently approved the first commercial ...
I have been sexually active with multiple partners for three years now. Though I am not currently experiencing symptoms nor know of exposure to anyone with an STI, I am really nervous that I may have ...
If the COVID-19 pandemic taught us anything, it’s the value of testing for infection at home without the need to visit a health facility. Now a series of studies have found that testing for sexually ...
UCLA’s chapter of Planned Parenthood is partnering with the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center to provide a week of free sexually transmitted infections testing for students. The testing ...