Chlamydia is the most common STI caused by bacteria, but because it's typically asymptomatic, many people can have it and not know it. (Photo: Getty Images) There are more than 20 types of sexually ...

Public health experts were alarmed to see a surge of common sexually transmitted diseases – now referred to as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) – during the last two years of the COVID-19 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A large number of people between the ages of 14 and 39 years have chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease, a new report indicates, while gonorrhea, another STD, is less ...

"About 80% of people with chlamydia don't develop symptoms," notes Dr. Michael Shen, an internal medicine physician at NYC Health + Hospitals/Brooklyn. But when symptoms do occur, they typically ...

As health care services begin offering doxycycline to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs), real-world evidence demonstrates that the postexposure strategy, called doxy PEP, is ...

The bacteria that cause chlamydia might be trickier than we knew. In a new study this week, scientists have found evidence that these bacteria can hide in our intestines. The findings might explain ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Background: Rectal sexually transmitted infections (STI) have been associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis, but inferring ...

Sexually transmitted infections rose again in 2021, after a slight dip during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia, two common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), have risen noticeably in New York City, according to the newly-released 2023 data from the ...

The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the Baton Rouge area puts the disease at the forefront of public health discussions, but other sexually transmitted diseases also have reached high rates in recent years ...

Background: Transgender women and transgender men are disproportionately affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and may be vulnerable to other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), ...