FDA Grants Home Syphilis Test

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US FDA approves first at-home syphilis test

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing authorization to the first at-home, over-the-counter test to detect syphilis antibodies in human blood.

The number of reported cases of syphilis in the United States increased by 80% between 2018 and 2022 .

Syphilis can cause severe damage to the heart and brain and can cause blindness, deafness and paralysis.

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