
Cautious Optimism as New 2023 Data Suggests Progress in Addressing the STI Epidemic
CDC just released the 2023 Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Surveillance and for the first time in a long time the data is encouraging.

CDC just released the 2023 Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Surveillance and for the first time in a long time the data is encouraging.

According to the Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center, syphilis rates among Native Americans in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South rose 1,865% from 2020 to 2022.

A clinical trial of a new antibiotic found that it works just as well as a current drug regimen for treating gonorrhea infections. This is important because the bacteria that

There’s potential good news in gonorrhea prevention as a series of studies suggests that certain meningococcal B (MenB) vaccines can reduce the risk of gonorrhea.

It’s time to celebrate the start of summer! June is filled with national observances to help you start the summer off right. We’re here to help make June the start

An antibiotic that is important in the fight against syphilis will once again be hard to find, this time because of a voluntary recall by the manufacturer.

A new study found that a single shot of benzathine penicillin G (BPG) treated early syphilis as well as the standard three-injection regimen.

The FDA approved two new drugs to treat gonorrhea. The new drugs—gepotidacin and zoliflodacin—are both new kinds of antibiotics and represent the first completely new treatment options in over thirty

New data shows that cases of bacterial STIs have dropped dramatically in San Francisco. Public health officials in the city believe doxy PEP has helped drive these declines.
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