Health officials are raising alarm about a rise in STDs across the United States. For the fifth consecutive year, combined cases of gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis have risen in the United States, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STDs Are on the Rise in Midlife Women. New At-Home Testing Kits Can Help You Self-Diagnose In the last year, the FDA has approved ...

Rates of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia saw a significant rise among the age group in the past decade Rates of three sexually transmitted diseases — syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia — are rising ...

The bacteria that causes chlamydia, a common sexually transmitted infection, may lurk elsewhere in the body other than just the genitals. Chlamydia trachomatis, the species of bacteria responsible for ...

Today, NAATs are the “expanded gold standard” for detecting C. trachomatis as well as N. gonorrhoeae. These tests offer increased sensitivity because they are able to produce a positive signal from a ...

ATLANTA — Sexually transmitted diseases remain a growing public health issue across the United States, and new data shows Georgia ranks among the worst-affected states. According to a recent analysis ...

Chlamydia and gonorrhea were the two most common infectious diseases in 2007, hitting young women and minorities especially hard, the CDC announces in its annual report on sexually transmitted disease ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published its sexually transmitted infections report for 2022, and Florida landed above the national average for all STIs except chlamydia. The CDC ...

Two years ago, I received a frantic call from a close friend in the middle of the night. As a physician, I’m accustomed to late-night emergencies, but this was different. Gripped by fear, guilt and ...

Chlamydia and gonorrhea are on the rise in New York City, a new report reveals. According to the 2023 Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Surveillance Report recently released by the New York City ...

Among the more remarkable legacies of the covid-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry, and consumers moved to make at-home testing a reliable tool for managing a ...

In the last year, the FDA has approved two STD tests for at-home use that allow women to get fast diagnoses for syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea—three STDs with skyrocketing rates among midlife women ...