Health care providers should administer annual testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases to all of their male patients who have sex with other men, according to new CDC STD treatment and ...

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 ...

The CDC is drafting recommendations to use doxycycline -- used to treat bacterial infections and prevent malaria -- to stave off STDs. AP A cheap antibiotic could help slow the growing US epidemic of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than 1.64 million cases of chlamydia were reported to the CDC in 2021, making it the most common STD in the ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The CDC is proposing the first morning after pill to protect against sexually transmitted infections. The morning after pill is usually associated with preventing pregnancy. Now, ...

Sexually transmitted disease rates have risen sharply in a certain age group – and which group it is may surprise you. The CDC's latest statistics on STDs in the U.S. show that chlamydia, Hepatitis C, ...

Cases of syphilis have hit record high numbers following a five-year trend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. A report published Jan. 30 examined the total cases of three sexually ...

In 2023, the most infectious stages of syphilis saw the first substantial decline in more than two decades as the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases appears to be slowing, the CDC said Nov. 12.

April 9-15 is STI Awareness Week. The coronavirus pandemic couldn’t stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, and not much has changed since COVID-19 protocols have ended. According to the ...

There were more than 2.5 million cases of sexually transmitted infections in the United States in 2021, a record high, according to a new federal report. “The U.S. STI epidemic shows no signs of ...

Americans reported more than 2 million cases of Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in 2016 — a record high for the U.S., according to a CDC report released Tuesday. Chlamydia accounted for 1.6 million ...