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

Sex is more than just a pleasurable experience, it's an important part of one's mental and physical health. One of the essential elements of maintaining that health is monitoring for sexually ...

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

Guidelines for using an antibiotic morning-after pill to curb sexually transmitted infections are on the horizon, as US health officials plan to endorse the proposed regulations. On Monday, the ...

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 ...

Health officials are warning that the rise of life-threatening sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is “out of control.” According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

FILE - This 1971 microscope photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria, which causes the sexually-transmitted disease gonorrhea. (CDC via AP, ...

What it's like when your teen gets a sexually transmitted infection. (Photo illustration: Victoria Ellis for Yahoo News; images: Getty Images) The conversation surrounding parenting and sexually ...

As funding for state and local health services fall, STDs continue to rise. Sexually transmitted infections hit a record high 2.4 million cases in 2018, making it the fifth year in a row that cases of ...

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Point-of-care PCR testing for STIs in the ED reduced length of stay and improved antibiotic stewardship compared with central laboratory testing.

Art historians say the most famous painting of congenital syphilis is “The Inheritance” by Norwegian expressionist painter Eduard Munch, who in 1899 shocked European audiences by showing a young ...