Words Matter: Minimizing STI Stigma in Healthcare Settings Despite the scale of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) epidemic and the number of people affected, talking…
New Antibiotic Shows Promise in Treating Resistant Gonorrhea Health care providers may soon have a new weapon against drug-resistant gonorrhea (a.k.a. “super gonorrhea”). A clinical…
Rates of Newborn Syphilis 10 Times Higher Than a Decade Ago The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is sounding the alarm on newborn…
Shortage of the Only Drug Approved to Treat Syphilis in Pregnant Patients Rates of syphilis have been steadily rising in recent years with an alarming…
People with Low Viral Loads Have Almost Zero Chance of Transmitting HIV Through Sex A new meta-analysis of eight published studies found that the risk…
Update to PrEP Recommendations Include Long-Acting Shot The United States Preventative Service Task Force (USPSTF) recently released updated recommendations on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for preventing the…
Hepatitis Cure Rates “Jarringly Low” According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only one in three adults in the…
Young Men Who Have Sex With Men Lead Progress in HIV Prevention and Treatment, But Disparities Still Exist The CDC recently released its 2021 HIV…
Is One Shot of the HPV Vaccine Enough? New Study Shows Promising Results A new study, which has not been fully published, adds to mounting…
Mpox Cases Inch Up, But We Know More Than We Did Last Summer The lessons learned from last summer’s outbreak leave us better prepared for…