Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Only about half of gay or bisexual men received the recommended STI testing for chlamydia, gonorrhea and ...

While we might all think, ‘I’m safe, it’ll never happen to me’, recent reports show that STI diagnoses in England are on the rise, with those aged 15 to 24 seeing a 26% increase in diagnoses between ...

As we’ve reported before, rates of gonorrhea have shot up in recent years. Queer men are among the worst-hit communities. In 2021, US authorities reported over 700,000 cases of gonorrhea. This ...

Americans looking to stay on top of their sexual health have a new at-home option available to them. Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first home test for chlamydia ...

The CDC has released its latest provisional data about STI rates and we’re happy to report that it’s encouraging news. There were 2.2million reported cases of STIs in 2024. That’s still 13% higher ...

The FDA has cleared its first at-home test for chlamydia and gonorrhea, the two most common sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S., amid steadily rising numbers of cases. Sold by LetsGetChecked—a ...

Point-of-care testing for common sexually transmitted infections may reduce overuse of antibiotics and improve emergency department workflow.

A UK start-up have now launched tampons that can screen for sexually transmitted infections. The idea is that rather than swabbing for a sample, you can insert the tampon for a short period of time ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Half of young adults in a survey said they would use a home-based STI test for convenience. However, many were ...

In the past few years, we’ve gotten very familiar with at-home rapid testing for COVID-19. In the midst of the pandemic, the need for another kind of health screening skyrocketed: Rates of STIs rose ...

The self-collection of sexually transmitted infection (STI) tests circumvents barriers that deter adolescents and young adults (AYAs) from seeking clinic-based reproductive healthcare, a text-based ...