Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first at-home test that can detect three common infections in women ...

This sexually transmitted infection is almost entirely preventable. Here's what experts say you really need to know to ...

Point-of-care testing for common sexually transmitted infections may reduce overuse of antibiotics and improve emergency ...

The US is in the midst of an “out of control” STD epidemic, with cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia on the rise nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says gonorrhea cases ...

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

Gynecologists long viewed bacterial vaginosis as solely a women’s issue — until a study that treated their male partners, too ...

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Sexually transmitted diseases or STDs (formerly called venereal diseases) are among the world's most common infectious diseases. These bacterial or viral diseases are spread through sexual contact.

Data on more than 1.4 millions incarcerated individuals in 43 countries shows STI rates are particularly high in adolescents ...

Eight Texas cities landed in the top 100 cities in the U.S. with the highest sexually transmitted disease infection rates, according to a recent study. Innerbody, a healthcare research group, used the ...