Syphilis spreads primarily through vaginal, anal or oral sex, Shen explains. Condoms greatly reduce risk, but they do not ...

Is the tale of one man’s forbidden romance with a sexually transmitted infection the greatest Portland love story ever told?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved two new oral medicines to treat the sexually transmitted infection ...

Two Altoona men were sentenced to decades in prison after convictions in separate child sex abuse cases, according to the ...

As part of their sentences, both men will be supervised by the Department of Corrections for the rest of their lives and will ...

For the first time in decades, the US Food and Drug Administration has signed off on new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea. The ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to end the universal recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B, instead recommending that women ...

On Friday, the FDA cleared zoliflodacin, a one-dose pill, after a large clinical trial showed it was safe and effective.

Prevention of HIV with pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is associated with increased rates of other sexually transmitted ...

With sexually transmitted infection (STD) rates climbing across the Central Valley, doctors say early screening is becoming ...

Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It primarily infects the ...

A new single-dose treatment for gonorrhoea, expected to be approved in the coming days, could be the key to tackling the ...