sexually transmitted infections

Consumer / Employer, Health Tech

Caraway, Ash Wellness Launch Partnership to Combat Rise in STIs on College Campuses

Through the partnership, members of Caraway can order an STI Kit, which is delivered to their door and is geared toward Gen Z. The kits have tests for STIs and sexual health, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis C, trichomoniasis, candidiasis and bacterial vaginosis. Members then ship the tests to be evaluated at one of Ash’s lab partners, and Caraway then reaches out to the patient with results. If treatment is needed, the patients are connected with a provider on Caraway’s team.

By Marissa Plescia

British diagnostics startup Atlas Genetics will use $20M Series C to start U.S. clinical trials for STI testing

Atlas Genetics, a British molecular diagnostics startup that creates rapid point-of-care tests for infectious diseases like chlamydia, will launch U.S. clinical trials with a $20 million Series C round. It will also expand its test offerings in the sexually transmitted infection and hospital acquired infection markets, Atlas said in a release. The company’s io(R) molecular diagnostic cartridge contains all the […]

By Meghana Keshavan