HHS Puts $4 Million Toward Rapid Syphilis Tests After 40% of Affected Mothers Went Untested in Time

HHS Puts $4 Million Toward Rapid Syphilis Tests After 40% of Affected Mothers Went Untested in Time

HHS is funding point-of-care syphilis testing after finding that 40 percent of mothers of babies with congenital syphilis lacked timely testing.

HHS Funds Rapid Syphilis Testing Initiative

Table of ContentsThe Scale of the Problem Behind the HHS Rapid Syphilis Testing InitiativeHow Preventable These Cases AreWhy Point-of-Care Testing Is Central to the HHS Rapid Syphilis Testing InitiativeThe Testing Gap This Initiative Aims to CloseHow the HHS Rapid Syphilis Testing Initiative Is Funded and StructuredHow Jurisdictions Were SelectedWhich Nontraditional Settings the HHS Rapid Syphilis Testing Initiative TargetsWhy These Specific Set…

HHS Announces $4M Program to Expand Rapid Syphilis Testing

WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced a $4 million initiative to expand rapid syphilis testing and treatment for women in emergency rooms and other nontraditional health care settings.  HHS officials said the program is intended to address what they said is a sharp rise in infections passed from mothers to infants. The new program would identify infections during pregnancy and allow treatment to begin wi…

HHS Allocates $4 Million for Rapid Syphilis Testing and Treatment

The initiative focuses on point-of-care testing in emergency departments and nontraditional settings to address rising congenital syphilis rates. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a $4 million initiative to expand access to rapid, point-of-care syphilis testing. The program focuses on reaching women in emergency departments and other nontraditional healthcare settings to prevent the transmission of the infection to i…