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CDC Supports Use of Doxycycline as 'Morning After Pill' to Stop STDs
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – In new guidelines released Tuesday, U.S. health officials now recommend that certain people take the antibiotic doxycycline as a morning-after pill to lower the risk of...
CDC Supports Use of Doxycycline as 'Morning After Pill' to Stop STDs
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – In new guidelines released Tuesday, U.S. health officials now recommend that certain people take the antibiotic doxycycline as a morning-after pill to lower the risk of...
CDC Supports Use of Doxycycline as 'Morning After Pill' to Stop STDs
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – In new guidelines released Tuesday, U.S. health officials now recommend that certain people take the antibiotic doxycycline as a morning-after pill to lower the risk of...
Experts Warn of Drug-Resistant Jock Itch, Athlete's Foot
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – Drug-resistant fungal infections are appearing in the United States, resulting in highly contagious and tough-to-treat cases of ringworm, also known as jock itch or...
FDA Approves First Self-Test Collection Kit for HPV
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a kit that will allow women to collect their own vaginal sample for HPV screening, a move that could increase early...
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...
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