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Recommended Treatment for STIs More Likely in Public Versus Private Health Care Settings
TUESDAY, April 30, 2024 – Individuals seen for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by clinicians in a private U.S. health care setting are less likely to receive recommended treatment than those...
Syphilis Is Increasingly Displaying Atypical, Severe Symptoms
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 – Syphilis cases are on the rise in the United States, and doctors in Chicago say they are increasingly seeing cases that don't display typical symptoms, such as rash or skin...
U.S. Mpox Cases Rising Again as Vaccinations Lag
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 – Mpox cases are climbing again in the United States, with the number of reported infections now twice as high as they were at this time last year, new government data...
Cases of Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Have Tripled in China, Posing a Global Threat
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 – A strain of highly antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea first emerged in China in 2016, and cases of this tough-to-treat infection have tripled there in just five years, Chinese...
LGBT People Can Face Unique Skin Health Challenges
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 – Gay and bisexual people, as well as those undergoing gender transition, could face unique dermatological issues, an expert says. Board-certified dermatologist Dr. John...
Taking the Antibiotic Doxycycline After Sex Slashed STD Rates in Study
TUESDAY, March 5, 2024 – Just one dose of the antibiotic doxycycline taken after sex halved the number of chlamydia and syphilis cases in San Francisco, promising new research shows. In the study,...
Changes in Gay Men's Behaviors, Not Vaccine, Halted Mpox Outbreak
THURSDAY, Feb. 29, 2024 – New research finds the 2022 mpox outbreak among gay and bisexual men began to slow down after just a few months – even though just 8% of high-risk people had received the...
Syphilis Rates Among Pregnant Women Have Tripled, CDC Data Shows
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 – Maternal syphilis rates have tripled in recent years, putting thousands of newborns at risk for infection, a new U.S. government report shows. Left untreated, syphilis can...
2022 Saw More Than 2.5 Million Cases of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis
FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 – More than 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were reported in the United States in 2022, with concerns centering around syphilis and congenital syphilis,...
Teen Pregnancy, Sexual Health Care Use Lower Than Expected During Pandemic
FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 – During the COVID-19 pandemic, population-level rates of adolescent pregnancy and sexual health-related care utilization were lower than expected, according to a study...
Amid Shortage of Bicillin, FDA to Import Another Syphilis Drug
THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow the importation of Extencilline from a French drugmaker amid the ongoing shortage of the first-line treatment for syphilis...
FDA to Import Syphilis Drug Extencilline From France Amid Shortage
THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 – Amid an ongoing shortage of the first-line treatment for syphilis in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow the importation of a different...
Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis Does Not Avert STIs in Women
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 – For Kenyan women receiving preexposure prophylaxis against HIV, the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) does not differ for those receiving doxycycline...
1 in 3 Men Open to Having More Than One Partner. Women, Not So Much
THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2023 – Being in a marriage or long-term relationship typically includes promises of monogamy, but new research shows a surprising number of folks, mostly men, are open to the idea...
CDC Presents Estimates of Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use for Teens
THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2023 – In 2015 to 2019, 40.5 and 38.7 percent of never-married female and male teenagers had ever had vaginal intercourse with an opposite-sex partner, according to a study...
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