Doctors say that home tests can be as accurate as getting tested in a lab if you get a good sample. (Getty Images) Getting tested for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) used to mean driving to ...

Quest and Labcorp may be archrivals in the diagnostic testing market, but they appear to agree on at least one thing: the ...

I was lying under a blanket, enjoying a chill Friday evening when my phone buzzed. "Hey, you might wanna get tested," the text read. I sat bolt upright. The message was from the guy I'd been sleeping ...

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 ...

We include products we think are useful for our readers. If you buy through links on this page, we may earn a small commission Here’s our process. STIs are common. In 2018, the Centers for Disease ...

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 ...

Local resources like Planned Parenthood, community health centers, and student centers may offer subsidized STI testing. STI tests are also available for at-home testing. However, there is usually a ...

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 ...