The idea that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) always announce themselves with uncomfortable or visible symptoms is a dangerous misconception that health experts are working to correct. Research ...

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Many patients who present to the emergency department with a suspected sexually transmitted disease (STD) are treated with antibiotics, even though their cultures are ultimately negative for bacterial ...

Chief among the upsides to being a virgin is that it’s a lot harder to catch sexually transmitted diseases if you’re not having sex. Hard — but not impossible, scientists publishing in the Journal of ...