Medicare Part B covers annual STD/STI testing if you are at an increased risk, and it covers HIV testing once a year for those ages 15 to 65, or more frequently if at higher risk or pregnant. You are ...

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 ...

Everlywell offers several at-home STI tests, including for trichomoniasis, chlamydia and gonorrhea, hepatitis C, and syphilis, plus comprehensive male STI panels. At-home STI tests provide convenience ...

In a major advancement for women's health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing authorization for the first home-based, nonprescription diagnostic test for three common ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doctors say that home tests can be as accurate as getting tested in a lab if you get a good sample. (Getty Images) (MMilda via ...

STIs are common infections that people may unknowingly transmit. People may choose to see their doctor or visit a sexual health clinic for an STI test, while others may prefer at-home tests. Rather ...

You probably don't look forward to STI testing. In addition to the fact that it’s generally annoying to have to to go the doctor, you also have to have an awkward, intimate conversation about the sex ...

Nurx, the San Francisco-based startup best known for providing contraceptives via telemedicine, has just added a new home STI testing option to its slew of services. The new offerings, which were ...

In 2017, there were about 420,000 diagnoses of STIs in England, according to Public Health England. And in young people between 15 and 24, a case of gonorrhoea or chlamydia was diagnosed every four ...

Everlywell, the HelloFresh of lab tests, debuted an STI subscription service called Current last month. For $14.99 a month, Everlywell will send you one of five STI tests (usually priced at $49 on ...

A poster at NAPNAP 2026 presented the results of a quality improvement project aimed at increasing chlamydia and gonorrhea screening for patients aged 16 years and older. The project achieved a ...

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 ...