STDs
Drug Shortages, Increased Syphilis Cases Shift Focus to Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment
With U.S. syphilis cases surging, a cross-governmental task force is focused on addressing the escalating epidemic ...
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Doxycycline PEP Does Not Prevent STIs in Cisgender Women
Doxycycline taken after sex does not prevent the sexually transmitted infections chlamydia or gonorrhea among ...
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
STDs Increase During the Pandemic
Lack of testing and treatment were hallmarks of STD care during the pandemic.
APRIL 13, 2022
Changes Seen in Demographics of STD Clinic Visitors
From 2010 to 2018, fewer females and men who have sex only with women visited sexually transmitted disease (STD) ...
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Congenital Syphilis Cases Highest in >25 Years
In data reported to the CDC as of July 29, 2021, 2,020 infants born in 2020 tested positive for congenital ...
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
STDs See Another Increase in the United States
Although the burden of STDs increased across many groups in 2019, it continued to have a significant impact on ...
APRIL 20, 2021
USPSTF Recommends Behavioral Counseling for Adolescents and Adults at Risk for STIs
Amid increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States, the U.S. Preventive Services ...
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Secnidazole Appears Successful for Common STD
Secnidazole, a nitroimidazole anti-infective antibiotic, has been found safe and effective for the treatment of ...
AUGUST 21, 2020
California Sees Rise in STDs; Pharmacists Able to Prescribe HIV Prevention Without MD Script
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released alarming data on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in ...
OCTOBER 17, 2019
High Rates of HIV and STIs Among Women Found in ECHO Trial
Although the ECHO trial found that contraceptives do not increase the risk of HIV among women, the also found that ...
JULY 26, 2019
Protecting Our Borders: Keeping Super Gonorrhea Out
Super gonorrhea has been reported in other countries, and public health and clinicians will have to work together ...
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
STD Testing Among HIV Infected Low in San Francisco
A recent study found that sexually active adults living with HIV in San Francisco are less likely than their ...
OCTOBER 11, 2017
