Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with urine samples, vaginal swabs had significantly greater sensitivity for chlamydia and gonorrhea.

Up until now, people concerned that they might have chlamydia or gonorrhea would have to get tested at a doctor’s office. Users of the new test won’t need a prescription and can activate it online.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LetsGetChecked, a global healthcare solutions company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company’s De Novo classification ...

Credit: LetsGetChecked. The Simple 2 Test can detect the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae through samples collected at home from vaginal swabs and urine specimens. The Food ...

The Simple 2 test can be mailed directly to the user, and includes a prepaid shipping label to return the sample. It includes collection kits developed by Hologic for its Aptima combination chlamydia ...

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 ...

This study analyzed the best way to test for sexually transmitted infections in women, specifically chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis. Although vaginal swabs are the recommended sample type, ...

Vaginal swabs are more effective than urine analysis in detecting certain types of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), researchers have found. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

In a study published in The Annals of Family Medicine, researchers conducted a meta-analysis of multiple databases from 1995-2021 to assess the diagnostic sensitivity of commercially available tests ...