WASHINGTON (AP) — New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available, a trend that experts hope will keep downward pressure on U.S. infection rates.

Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first at-home test that can detect three common infections in women — gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis — as well as the first home-based kit for the virus that causes cervical cancer.

The agency ended the year by approving two different drugs for gonorrhea, the first new options for the disease in decades.

  • cm0002@lemmings.worldOP
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    10 hours ago

    Don’t worry, I don’t crosspost anything that’s transphobic or propaganda or that weird…spam post that shows up from time to time…

    It’s a big reason why I can’t bot it lmao

    • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      10 hours ago

      Then don’t worry, I won’t post links to transphobic content when I link the ML crossposts in the future, since you don’t :)