FDA Greenlights First At-Home Syphilis Test to Help Speed Up Diagnoses

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first at-home test for syphilis for sale without a prescription. The test, manufactured by NOWDiagnostic and called First To Know Syphilis Test, arrives amid an 80% increase in cases in the US between 2018 and 2022, from 115 000 to 207 000 cases.