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 ...

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 ...

A complete 2026 guide to essential sexual and reproductive health tests, including STI screening, fertility checkups, hormone ...

In the past few years, we’ve gotten very familiar with at-home rapid testing for COVID-19. In the midst of the pandemic, the need for another kind of health screening skyrocketed: Rates of STIs rose ...

The worst part of any medical is waiting for results. That can be especially true of sexual health tests. Those conducted in person can take 24–48 hours, but if they’re submitted via at-home ...

Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by a cotton swab. If you’ve ever had your throat swabbed for strep or your nose swabbed for COVID-19, I expect to see some hands! Now that ...

Digital health solutions company imaware and Favor (formerly The Pill Club), a leading digital healthcare platform, partnered to offer at-home sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing for its ...

Daye has just launched a new at-home, tampon-based test for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and other common STIs, though it's only in the UK for now. Reading time 3 minutes A UK-based startup is hoping to turn ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Half of young adults in a survey said they would use a home-based STI test for convenience. However, many were ...

Getting tested for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) used to mean driving to your doctor's office or a local clinic, waiting to be seen, taking the actual test and then going home to wait for ...