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Ignorance Could Be Fueling Rising Spread of STDs, Poll Finds
THURSDAY, June 27, 2024 – Many sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in the United States, and a nationwide poll indicates that ignorance about how they're transmitted could be fueling their...
Only Half of Adults Believe They Should Disclose Sexually Transmitted Infection Status
FRIDAY, June 7, 2024 – Only half of individuals disclose or believe they should disclose having a sexually transmitted infection (STI) prior to sexual intercourse, according to a literature review...
CDC Recommends Doxycycline PEP for Gay Men, Transgender Women
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – In clinical guidelines issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published June 4 in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,...
CDC Supports Use of Doxycycline as 'Morning After Pill' to Stop STDs
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – In new guidelines released Tuesday, U.S. health officials now recommend that certain people take the antibiotic doxycycline as a morning-after pill to lower the risk of...
CDC Supports Use of Doxycycline as 'Morning After Pill' to Stop STDs
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – In new guidelines released Tuesday, U.S. health officials now recommend that certain people take the antibiotic doxycycline as a morning-after pill to lower the risk of...
CDC Supports Use of Doxycycline as 'Morning After Pill' to Stop STDs
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – In new guidelines released Tuesday, U.S. health officials now recommend that certain people take the antibiotic doxycycline as a morning-after pill to lower the risk of...
Doctors Seeing More Atypical, Severe Symptoms in Patients With Syphilis
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 – Physicians are increasingly seeing cases of syphilis that do not present with typical symptoms, such as rash or skin ulcers, according to a new report presented last week at...
Syphilis Is Increasingly Displaying Atypical, Severe Symptoms
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 – Syphilis cases are on the rise in the United States, and doctors in Chicago say they are increasingly seeing cases that don't display typical symptoms, such as rash or skin...
Screen Pregnant Women for Syphilis, Ob-Gyn Group Advises
FRIDAY, April 19, 2024 – All expecting mothers should get a blood test for syphilis three times during pregnancy, new guidance issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists...
LGBT People Can Face Unique Skin Health Challenges
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 – Gay and bisexual people, as well as those undergoing gender transition, could face unique dermatological issues, an expert says. Board-certified dermatologist Dr. John...
Taking the Antibiotic Doxycycline After Sex Slashed STD Rates in Study
TUESDAY, March 5, 2024 – Just one dose of the antibiotic doxycycline taken after sex halved the number of chlamydia and syphilis cases in San Francisco, promising new research shows. In the study,...
2016 to 2022 Saw Increase in Rate of Maternal Syphilis
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 – There was an increase in maternal syphilis rates in women giving birth in the United States from 2016 to 2022, according to a February data brief published by the National...
Recommendations Developed for Tests to Support Diagnosis of Syphilis
MONDAY, Feb. 12, 2024 – In a report issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published online Feb. 8 in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, recommendations...
Syphilis Rates Among Pregnant Women Have Tripled, CDC Data Shows
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 – Maternal syphilis rates have tripled in recent years, putting thousands of newborns at risk for infection, a new U.S. government report shows. Left untreated, syphilis can...
2022 Saw More Than 2.5 Million Cases of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis
FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 – More than 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were reported in the United States in 2022, with concerns centering around syphilis and congenital syphilis,...
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