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    Testing for STIs at home

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    March 31, 2025
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    Survey finds many have misconceptions about sexually transmitted infection risk

    LABline
    July 22, 2024
    This comes in the midst of a rising STI epidemic, including an 80% spike in syphilis.
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    New report flags major increase in sexually transmitted infections, amidst challenges in HIV and hepatitis

    LABline
    May 28, 2024
    This report, which outlines progress implementation of the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for 2022-2030 will...
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    Molecular point-of-care testing offers hope to quell the STI epidemic

    Allison McMullen, PhD D (ABMM)
    April 22, 2024
    When expressing the breadth of the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a colleague of mine often shares the stark perspective, “If you’re having sex, you...
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    Special program on sexual and reproductive health reports on year of progress

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    April 16, 2024
    Generating evidence for proven solutions and lasting progress.
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    Sexually transmitted infections among older adults pose a global public health challenge

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    Feb. 27, 2024
    The incidence of HIV and other STIs among people aged 60 to 89 years is increasing in some regions of the world.
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    CDC’s 2022 STI Surveillance Report underscores that STIs must be a public health priority

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    Jan. 31, 2024
    Yet again, more than 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were reported in the United States.
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    Optimizing STI testing with vaginal swab sampling

    Kyle Bukowski, MD
    Nov. 20, 2023
    Sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates are continuing to increase, especially among young people in their teens and early twenties. From 2020 to 2021, we have seen rates rise...
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    New research shows promising possibilities for at-home testing to detect sexually transmitted infections

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    July 25, 2023
    Two studies presented at 2023 AACC Annual Scientific Conference & Lab Expo.
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    HHS releases STI Federal Implementation Plan

    LABline
    June 9, 2023
    The new plan outlines federal actions to reduce the burden of sexually transmitted infections in the United States through 2025.

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    Some studies show that vaginal swabs are more accurate than urine samples in detecting STIs, such as those caused by Mycoplasma genitalium bacteria, which is pictured here.
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