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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

As syphilis cases rise across Washington state, a proposed law would increase access to treatment of the sexually transmitted disease. Recently heard in the state’s Senate Committee on Health & Long ...

Researchers with UNC School of Medicine, Gillings School of Global Health, and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center ...

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

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

A person usually contracts tuberculosis (TB) when they breathe in TB bacteria. In rare cases, the bacteria may travel to the genitourinary tract and transmit between people during sexual activity. If ...