Is casual sex, without protection, with one or multiple partners, something that you do often? You may end up with a sexually transmitted infection or STI. In fact, anyone who is sexually active, must ...

Sexually transmitted diseases remain a persistent public health challenge in America: there were approximately 2.5 million ...

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 ...

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 infections represent the initial invasion of pathogens—whether bacterial, viral, parasitic, or fungal—into the body through sexual contact.

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As recently as 2013, one study found, half of patients visiting Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) clinics were unwilling to use their health insurance to cover the cost of their visit—likely ...

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." ...