Let's face it: Getting an STD test can be daunting. The traditional route — scheduling an appointment, enduring the endless waiting room stay, then finally meeting with a provider — all for a test ...

If you’re sexually active, regular testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and infections (STIs) is crucial to protect your health and the health of your partners. While you can get tested at ...

Testing for STIs is an important part of a person’s sexual and general well-being. While rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea infections are similar or lower than in previous years, syphilis infections ...

To find the best STD tests and STI tests available for over-the-counter purchase — including tests for herpes and syphilis — our team consulted with multiple doctors and testing experts about what to ...

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At-home STD tests offer convenience and privacy while testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). These diseases are also called sexually transmitted infections (STIs). If you're sexually active ...

Around 1.2 million U.S. adults are living with HIV, but about 13 percent don’t know they have it. Knowing your HIV status can lead to earlier treatment. It can also help prevent HIV from progressing ...

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 ...

Last week the FDA approved the first at-home HIV testing kit for direct sales to consumers. With OraQuick, in a matter of minutes, most any adult might check for antibodies to the virus that causes ...

Good news: A new breed of at-home sexually transmitted disease tests are fairly private. Bad news: They’re not all that accurate, or reliable. Those were the results of a small study conducted by ...

This past May an FDA advisory panel unanimously approved a test for HIV that people can perform at home. Relatively easy to use, the at-home test could greatly increase the number of people being ...