More than 20 years ago military public health scientists warned that service members had higher rates of certain sexually transmitted diseases, known as STDs, than U.S. civilians. The military’s ...
About half of the Washington area’s teenagers are vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus linked to numerous cancers, lagging behind vaccination rates for other diseases despite the efforts of ...
Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Key Takeaways Bacterial STIs like gonorrhea and chlamydia can be cured with antibiotics.Viral STIs, such as herpes, are managed with antivirals but not ...
Discovering that hepatitis E virus is associated with sperm in pigs suggests the virus may be both sexually transmitted and linked to male infertility, according to a new study. Hepatitis E (HEV) is ...
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida’s first sexually-transmitted Zika virus case involves a Polk County resident, the governor’s office said on Wednesday. The governor’s office also said the person who ...
LOS ANGELES -- A new vaccine aimed at halting the spread of a common sexually transmitted virus that can lead to cervical cancer should eventually be given to both sexes, doctors said Monday. The ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men should be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted wart virus to protect them against a type of mouth and throat cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They said the rate ...
Those of us over a certain age likely don’t spend much time thinking about the human papilloma virus (HPV). Despite the fact that the sexually transmitted virus is estimated to infect 4 out of every 5 ...
In some cases, mononucleosis, or mono, can be a sexually transmitted infection (STI). However, this is not the most common way that it spreads. Usually, the cause is contact with saliva. People who ...
PARIS (AP) – A high-ranking French health official says a first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus has been diagnosed in France on a non-pregnant woman. Francois Bourdillon, the director general ...
Dallas County Health and Human Services said it received confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It said the patient was infected after having sexual contact with a person ...