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

The FDA has authorized the first at-home testing kits for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis, along with new gonorrhea ...

Experts say that overuse of antibiotics has led to antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea. (Getty Images) That’s concerning given that almost half of U.S. gonorrhea infections in 2022 were resistant to at ...

Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the Neisseria ...

Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) involves taking an antibiotic soon after sex without a barrier method to ...

In a recent study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers analyzed data from the Genitourinary Medicine Clinic Activity Dataset STI Surveillance System, an English ...

Real-world data show DoxyPEP implementation among PrEP users significantly reduces the incidence of chlamydia and syphilis.

Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) appear to be leveling off after decades of growth in the U.S., according to the latest statistics from the CDC. STIs remain at record levels, but new ...

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 decreases ...

Gonorrhea's just one of those super-scary infections-but it's one that definitely needs to be on your radar. Gonorrhea's just one of those super-scary infections-but it's one that definitely needs to ...

Many health insurance plans are required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to cover certain STD screenings without ...

It sounds more like a villain straight out of a comic book, but “super-gonorrhea” — better known as antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea — is real. Canada recently reported a rise in the persistent ...