Doctors say that home tests can be as accurate as getting tested in a lab if you get a good sample. (Getty Images) Getting tested for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) used to mean driving to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . About one in five people who present with vaginitis symptoms also have at least one STI. CDC recommends ...

While we might all think, ‘I’m safe, it’ll never happen to me’, recent reports show that STI diagnoses in England are on the rise, with those aged 15 to 24 seeing a 26% increase in diagnoses between ...

I was lying under a blanket, enjoying a chill Friday evening when my phone buzzed. "Hey, you might wanna get tested," the text read. I sat bolt upright. The message was from the guy I'd been sleeping ...

If the COVID-19 pandemic taught us anything, it’s the value of testing for infection at home without the need to visit a health facility. Now a series of studies have found that testing for sexually ...

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Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of multiple databases from 1995-2021 to assess the diagnostic sensitivity of commercially available tests that use vaginal swabs versus urine specimens to detect ...

Checking for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which are notoriously underreported and stigmatized, may soon get easier now that U.S. authorities have recently approved the first commercial ...

Stigma, privacy and inconvenience are among the many barriers that may prevent some adolescents and young adults from addressing sexual health with a traditional health provider. But many young people ...

April marks STI Awareness Month, a time to educate Americans about sexually transmitted infections that affect millions of people. First, it is important to understand the difference between STIs and ...

There’s a swab for your throat, vagina, and, if necessary, rectum, all to be tested for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia.

Medically reviewed by Rochelle Collins, DO Key Takeaways Blue waffle disease is not a real STI and was just a made-up ...