It's Still Taking Too Long For Americans With HIV to Get Diagnosed
A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control shows that, while detection rates are improving, a surprising…
Experts Sound the Alarm as Drug Resistant Gonorrhea Goes Global
Describing it as a “serious situation,” the World Health Organization has issued a grim warning about the dramatic rise…
Rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Reach ‘Unprecedented’ Levels in the US
An alarming report put out by the Centers for Disease Control shows that the total combined cases of several sexually…
Our Last Line of Defense Against Gonorrhea Is Failing
Health officials in the US have identified a cluster of gonorrhea infections that exhibited unusual resistance against…
The CDC Will Pay You For Zika-Infected Semen
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is collecting semen from hundreds of Zika-infected men to figure out how…
Freezing Your Sperm For the Olympics Is a Silly Thing to Do
In preparation for the upcoming Olympics in Brazil, a British long jump champion is planning to freeze his sperm just…
CDC Confirms Zika in Nine US Pregnancies
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed Zika infections in nine pregnant women in the United…
CDC Investigating 14 Possible Cases of Sexually Transmitted Zika—Including Pregnant Women
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating over a dozen new cases of possible sexual…
Vaccinations Have Reduced HPV in Teenage Girls by Nearly Two-Thirds
A decade after its introduction, the vaccine for human papillomavirus has reduced the prevalence of this cancer-causing…
To Save Koalas From Extinction, We May Have to Kill Them First
Australia’s iconic koala—a species already threatened with extinction—is currently in the midst of a devastating…
US Reports First Case of Sexually Transmitted Zika in Texas
Health officials in Dallas have confirmed a case of the Zika virus being spread through sexual contact. The…
Turns Out the Ebola Virus Can Be Sexually Transmitted
The Ebola virus only spreads through direct contact with a sick person’s body fluids. including blood, saliva, sweat,…
Ebola Survivors Are Being Urged To Abstain From Sex
Until scientists learn more about the virus and how long it stays in the body, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
No, HPV Vaccines Don't Make Girls Promiscuous
A Canadian study shows that HPV shots don't make girls promiscuous, as some parents have feared. But given that HPV…
There is such a thing as sexually transmitted food poisoning
Just when you think that sex ed in high school and posters at clinics have covered all the times it is necessary to use…
Cheaters More Likely to Pass on Infections Than People in Open Relationships
People often think that open relationships increase your risk of catching a disease — but actually, openly seeing other…