As STDs Proliferate, Companies Rush to Market At-Home Test Kits. But Are They Reliable?
Except for HIV tests, the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t approved STD test kits for use outside a medical setting.
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Except for HIV tests, the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t approved STD test kits for use outside a medical setting.
The federal government is being urged to OK at-home testing kits that could vastly multiply the number of Americans testing for STDs.
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 public health crisis. But that fast-track focus is missing from another, less publicized epidemic: an explosion in sexually transmitted diseases that can cause chronic pain and infertility among ...
The popularity of at-home COVID tests has amplified calls from health researchers and diagnostic companies to make testing similarly routine for sexually transmitted diseases. But FDA guidelines are lagging.
With little focus on the explosion of sexually transmitted diseases, companies are moving to market at-home test kits to target more Americans. Are they...