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  • There’s Now a Tampon That Can Test for STIs

    There’s Now a Tampon That Can Test for STIs

    A UK-based startup is hoping to turn their specialised tampons into a popular test for sexually transmitted infections. The company Daye has launched a new at-home screening service for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and other common STIs. The test is currently only available in the UK but will reportedly expand to the U.S. and the European Union…


  • America’s Sexually Transmitted Disease Problem Is ‘Out of Control’

    America’s Sexually Transmitted Disease Problem Is ‘Out of Control’

    Sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S. are at a crisis point. On Monday, prominent public health experts and government officials raised an alarm over the ongoing annual rise in STDs. Preliminary data recently released by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention shows that cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia all went up last year.


  • The U.S. Still Has a Big STI Problem

    The U.S. Still Has a Big STI Problem

    Sexually transmitted infections continue to be a major headache for Americans and their wallets, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. About one in five Americans in the U.S. were thought to carry an STI in 2018, while there were 26 million new cases estimated that same…