Medically reviewed by Rochelle Collins, DO Key Takeaways Blue waffle disease is not a real STI and was just a made-up ...

As STI rates reach record highs, the CDC is drafting recommendations for some people to take a "morning after" pill to prevent the transmission of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis infections Duncan ...

On Friday, the F.D.A. approved a new antibiotic, zoliflodacin, a day after an article published in The Lancet reported that a ...

Syphilis spreads primarily through vaginal, anal or oral sex, Shen explains. Condoms greatly reduce risk, but they do not ...

Prevention of HIV with pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is associated with increased rates of other sexually transmitted ...

NEW YORK — Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new government data posted Wednesday. The Centers for Disease ...

More than 2.5 million cases of sexually transmitted infections were reported in 2021, jumping by 7% in one year, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "The US ...

Watching a performance of Henrik Ibsen’s play Ghosts as an undergraduate, I was appalled by the dawning realization that young Oswald had congenital syphilis as collateral damage from his father’s ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Yet another dangerous result of the pandemic has come to light. A report just released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the infection rate for ...

Earlier this month, public health officials warned of a syphilis outbreak in Houston, with cases jumping 57 percent between 2019 and 2022. Syphilis is a bacterial infection spread by sexual contact.

Due to the ease and prevalence of divorce, many adults are now single. Single adults are seeking to find partners, and with these partners they often wish to engage in sex. The sex is usually ...

Calling monkeypox a STI is inaccurate and can create other issues, experts say, like stigma. Experts suggest clear messaging around how monkeypox can spread to inform, not alarm. Caused by a virus in ...