If you’re trying to find the best at home STD test, you’ve probably noticed how confusing the options feel at first. Some kits promise fast results, some focus on full-panel screening, and others make ...

Among the more remarkable legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry and consumers moved to make at-home testing a reliable tool for managing a ...

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Among the more remarkable legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry, and consumers moved to make at-home testing a reliable tool for managing a ...

PITTSBURGH, May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a simple and effective way for individuals to test themselves for a possible STD," said an inventor, from Houston, Texas, "so I ...

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 ...

Among the more remarkable legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry, and consumers moved to make at-home testing a reliable tool for managing a ...

Federal regulators have approved the licensure of an all-in-one rapid device that allows Canadians to simultaneously be tested for HIV and syphilis. Canada is the first country to approve and ...

The issue for regulators is whether sampling kits can be reliably adapted for in-home use. Unlike rapid antigen tests for COVID-19, which produce results in 15 to 20 minutes, the home STD kits on the ...