Reported cases of sexually transmitted infections in the United States have been on the rise in the past two decades, and rates in the U.S. are among the highest in high-income countries globally.

Earlier this month, public health officials warned of a syphilis outbreak in Houston, with cases jumping 57 percent between 2019 and 2022. Syphilis is a bacterial infection spread by sexual contact.

Watching a performance of Henrik Ibsen’s play Ghosts as an undergraduate, I was appalled by the dawning realization that young Oswald had congenital syphilis as collateral damage from his father’s ...

Symptoms of chlamydia include abnormal discharge and pelvic pain, however, chlamydia doesn't have many symptoms making it ...

Is the United States finally making progress in improving sexual health? While reported cases have indeed declined, the data ...

Background: In 2008, the line item supporting sexually transmitted disease (STD) services in the Massachusetts state budget was cut as a result of budget shortfalls. Shortly thereafter, direct ...

Alaska has consistently had some of the nation’s highest rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia, according to the U.S. Centers for ...

Stay-at-home orders, coupled with a fear of exposure to COVID-19, seemingly kept many people confined at home and out of the arms of unknown partners throughout much of 2020. But in a counterintuitive ...

ST. LOUIS — Health officials here in the St. Louis area are concerned about the increase in sexually transmitted infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed that 2.5 million STI ...

Cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis are on the rise, all of which can lead to serious health consequences if left untreated. Growing cases of some sexually transmitted diseases are prompting ...