Forget lab-based tests—a new portable microfluidic device links to a mobile app, diagnosing gonorrhea in just 15 minutes. The PROMPT (portable, rapid, on-cartridge, magnetofluidic purification and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A photomicrograph of Chlamydia trachomatis taken from a urethral scrape. If left untreated, chlamydia can cause severe and costly ...

Aug. 7 (UPI) --A new test for gonorrhea can determine whether those infected will respond successfully to the inexpensive oral antibiotic ciprofloxacin, according to a study published Friday by ...

Americans looking to stay on top of their sexual health have a new at-home option available to them. Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first home test for chlamydia ...

To sift through 6 million molecules in pursuit of new gonorrhea treatments, researchers trained AI to select the best drug ...

Researchers trained AI to find a new antibiotic for gonorrhea and then tested it in a "vagina on a chip." ...

In the midst of record-high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs or STDs), a new industry-sponsored survey finds that many of those at high risk for STDs are not getting tested—and don’t ...

A test designed by UCLA researchers can pinpoint which people with gonorrhea will respond successfully to the inexpensive oral antibiotic ciprofloxacin, which had previously been sidelined over ...

Researchers evaluated the real-world efficacy of statewide doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis against common sexually transmitted infections.

The meningococcal B vaccine is ineffective in gonorrhea prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM) at high risk of ...

Accessible testing for the infections may help curb the STI epidemic, but there is still a long way to go. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 28, 2023 3:30 PM EST Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) ...