New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available.

New federal guidance is expanding testing for cervical cancer with a self-collection method. Dr. Mara Gordon speaks to NPR about why this option might become popular for screening for HPV.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to rescind its laboratory developed test (LDT) rule dated May 6, 2024. The rule would have regulated LDTs as in vitro diagnostic products (IVDs) and ...

The FDA has authorized the first at-home testing kits for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis, along with new gonorrhea ...

While the Pap was invented in the 1940s and involves inspecting cervical cells for precancerous or cancerous shifts, in the ...

Quest Diagnostics will soon begin offering a new blood-based in-vitro diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s. The disease affects nearly 7 million Americans. The Lumipulse G pTau 217/β-Amyloid 1-42 Plasma ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of a new blood test to aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is a boost for the School of Nursing’s wet lab. The lab, led by nursing researcher ...

Previously, this blog covered the FDA’s decision to regulate lab-developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices. However, a ruling from a federal district court in Texas earlier this year has changed that.

FDA approves leading solution for latent tuberculosis diagnostics, advancing global effort to fight infectious diseases “The integration of the Auto-Pure 2400 platform with the T-SPOT.TB test gives ...

Swiss-based Roche announced this month that it has received U.S. regulatory clearance for a less-complex vitamin D test in the United States, which the company said opens the door to more efficient ...

The FDA in April 2025 approved nipocalimab (Imaavy) as a treatment for people living with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG). Specifically, nipocalimab is for people with gMG who are 12 and older and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of a new blood test to aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is a boost for the University at Buffalo School of Nursing’s wet ...