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.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why do we need these recommendations? Syphilis is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) that progresses in stages from a painless sore (stage 1) to a severe disease that may attack the ...

University of Alberta-led research reports that new cases of syphilis dropped in Alberta following the introduction of rapid ...