The rise in syphilis cases can be partially attributed to a lack of sexual education, one expert says. (Getty Creative) Soon you will be able to test for syphilis at home, thanks to a ...

The USPSTF concludes with high certainty that screening asymptomatic pregnant persons for syphilis infection has a substantial net benefit. (HealthDay News) — The US Preventive Services Task Force ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued an updated draft recommendation statement advising early screening for syphilis in all pregnant persons with no signs or symptoms of syphilis, ...

The FDA on Friday granted marketing authorization to NOWDiagnostics for the first at-home, over-the-counter syphilis screening test. The authorization follows last year's authorization of the first at ...

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 ...

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 ...

In terms of harms of screening, index test positivity ranged from 1.0 to 4.8%, with estimates of false positives varying from 0 to 65%. HealthDay News — The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Using only targeted models of syphilis screening in the emergency department (ED) would miss large proportions of active syphilis cases as well as new HIV diagnoses and acute HIV ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Few pregnant women are fully screened for syphilis in accordance with current guidelines, hints a review of records of roughly 1,900 women from four hospitals in Miami-Dade ...

Syphilis cases have increased nearly 80% from 2018 to 2022, CDC data shows. The first at-home, over-the-counter antibody test for syphilis received marketing authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Based on the reaffirmation evidence update, the USPSTF concludes that screening for syphilis infection in pregnancy has a substantial net benefit and recommends early, universal screening. HealthDay ...