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Health Canada approves MedMira’s rapid test for HIV and syphilis
Health Canada has granted approval to MedMira’s Multiplo Rapid TP/HIV Test, for HIV and syphilis in Canada. The test enables healthcare professionals to simultaneously identify HIV-1/2 and ...
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Could Rapid Syphilis Testing Turn the Tide in a Worsening Crisis?
In a busy clinic in Jackson, Mississippi, a clinician performs a rapid syphilis test on a pregnant woman. Within 15 minutes, the results are in — she is infected — and treatment can begin ...
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FDA clears its first at-home blood test for syphilis
Developed by NOWDiagnostics, the First To Know rapid test captures antibodies ... “Access to home tests may help increase initial screening for syphilis, including in individuals who may be ...
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First and Only In-Home Test for Syphilis Now Available to Consumers through Major Retailers and Public Health: NOWDiagnostics Launches First To Know® Syphilis Test Across the U.S.
SPRINGDALE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NOWDiagnostics, Inc. (NOWDx), a developer of over-the-counter (OTC) and point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests, today announced that its First To Know® Syphilis ...
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Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: syphilis
Syphilis is a curable sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. The infection can also be passed from a mother to her fetus during pregnancy. As a cause of genital ...
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Labcorp Expands Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Test Offerings with Rapid Syphilis Test
Labcorp to serve as the exclusive NOWDiagnostics (NOWDx) distributor for clinical testing in the U.S., offering First to Know® Syphilis Test nationwide BURLINGTON, N.C., Oct 10, 2024 /PRNewswire ...
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Breaking barriers in global diagnostics
David AuCoin, Ph.D., shares insights from his lab’s work developing prototype rapid diagnostic tests for infectious diseases ...
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Quantitative Serologic Tests for Syphilis
These tests not only are useful in methods of rapid treatment but are often of considerable value in the management of various problems encountered in the diagnosis of syphilis. 1,2 It is the ...
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Tennessee doctors hopeful new at-home syphilis test will slow rapid rise in STD cases
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter home syphilis test. While the test won't be available on a large scale until later this year, doctors in Tennessee remain ...
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Map Shows States With Highest Rates of Syphilis
She added: "Our department provides rapid testing technology, which allows facilities to test for syphilis and treat it the same day, avoiding the risk that someone may not return for treatment." ...
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First and Only In-Home Test for Syphilis Now Available to Consumers through Major Retailers and Public Health: NOWDiagnostics Launches First To Know® Syphilis Test Across the U.S.
With syphilis cases on the rise, NOWDx’s over-the-counter test offers rapid, in-home results in minutes and is now available nationwide in thousands of pharmacies, retail, and drugstore ...