The FDA granted authorization to market the first test that can be performed entirely at home for detecting three sexually transmitted infections (STIs) #sti #health #sexuality #FDA #healthcare #life #US #usa
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-authorizes-first-home-test-153400480.html
The lab's efforts aren't duplicated anywhere, there's no $ to be made so the private sector won't step in, and this lab is key to fighting anti-microbial resistance.
“To me, this is like a blind man with a chainsaw has just gone through the system and arbitrarily cut things without any rationale.”
#health #healthcare #publichealth #std #sti #infectiousdisease #medicine #hhs #doge #cdc
The WSJ reported last week #RFKJr’s #HHS planned an immediate freeze of $27.5M in #FamilyPlanning grants for groups including #PlannedParenthood.
PPFA says >300 #health centers are in the #TitleX network & Title X-funded centers received >1.5M visits in 2023.
The loss of funding will mean that “cancers go undetected, access to #BirthControl is severely reduced, & the nation’s #STI crisis worsens,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, PPFA president.