[CNN] - The US Food and Drug Administration authorized the first at-home over-the-counter test for syphilis Friday.

Until now, people who suspected that they had the sexually transmitted infection had to go to a doctor to get tested. With the new test from the biotech company NOWDiagnostics, it will take the user just 15 minutes and a single drop of blood to determine whether they have syphilis.  

The company said the test will be available in the second half of 2024 and is expected to cost $29.98.

The new test received FDA authorization after the company submitted data from clinical trials showing that the First To Know Syphilis Test identified a positive specimen 93.4% of the time. The trials also showed that it was easy for people without medical training to use the test.

Someone on another public hobby board posted they caught syphilis recently from doing bbfs.