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.
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 :)