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Many young adults make the choice to hook up and have sex in college, but they’re not always educated about how to prevent ...
Syphilis is a bacterial infection spread by sexual contact. The outbreak mirrored a national trend in which sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, are ...
Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expressing cautious optimism about some ...
A new study has identified markers that may predict whether a chlamydia infection is likely to ascend into the uterus and ...
Sexually transmitted infections represent the initial invasion of pathogens—whether bacterial, viral, parasitic, or fungal—into the body through sexual contact.
As the CDC explained, this is not exclusively a sexually transmitted infection, though it can spread through the urethra and rectum, as exemplified by an outbreak in Vietnam earlier this year.
Sexually transmitted infection rates spike in U.S., but CDC conference focuses on rise in syphilis because of deadly effect on babies born with it ...
Until we decide to get pregnant, preventing sexually transmitted infections often goes hand in hand with preventing pregnancy. Condoms do a great job at preventing both.
A ‘Morning-After Pill’ for Sexually Transmitted Infections Is Almost Here The single-dose antibiotic regimen dramatically reduces transmission of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis.
"The greatest driver of sexually transmitted infections is stigma," Halperin said. "If we all commit to regular testing and taking medications that lower that risk, we would see dramatic decreases." ...