Changes reflect increasing antibiotic resistance for some infections and new treatment options for others. The CDC has issued a new set of sexually transmitted disease (STD) treatment guidelines that ...

Health care providers should administer annual testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases to all of their male patients who have sex with other men, according to new CDC STD treatment and ...

New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available, a trend ...

Gonorrhoea is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and has grown resistant to treatments over the years. A single-dose oral medication called zoliflodacin shows promise as a new ...

COVID-19 has rightfully dominated infectious disease news since 2020. However, that doesn't mean other infectious diseases took a break. In fact, U.S. rates of infection by gonorrhea have risen during ...

IMPACT NEWBORNS WITHOUT PROPER TREATMENT. THE SUPREME COURT, TRIGGERED BY THE DOBBS V JACKSON WOMENS HEALTH CASE, ELIMINATED FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR ABORTIONS WITH ITS ABSENCE, THERE’S ...

IT’S HARD TO MISS THIS SIGN AS YOU’RE RIDING ALONG WEST 28TH STREET. YOU CAN EVEN SEE IT FROM 83. IT CATCHES YOUR EYE. THE ORGANIZATION THAT PUT IT UP SAYS THAT’S THE POINT TO GET YOUR ATTENTION AND ...

Two years ago, I received a frantic call from a close friend in the middle of the night. As a physician, I’m accustomed to late-night emergencies, but this was different. Gripped by fear, guilt and ...

Two lesions on the patient’s labia arouse suspicion of a second problem. An STD expert tracks down a diagnosis other clinicians might miss. This is the third of a three-part series on sexually ...

Just three months after having a normal physical examination, a young woman complains of lower-abdominal pain. What did her clinician miss? This is the second of a three-part series on sexually ...

ASHEVILLE, NC -- Talking about sexually transmitted diseases can be a tough topic, one that most often involves education for young people. But a North Carolina doctor's focus has taken a turn toward ...

Sexually transmitted diseases — particularly gonorrhea and syphilis — have climbed sharply in Georgia to their highest level in at least a decade, according to government data. Public health officials ...