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Sexually Transmitted Infections

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STIs, including syphilis, gonorrhea, increasing globally: WHO

  • May 22, 2024

Coachella-themed STD billboard irks festival officials

  • Apr 5, 2024
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Newborn syphilis cases at 'dire' levels: CDC

  • Nov 7, 2023

CDC advisers vote to recommend routine mpox vaccine for some

  • Oct 27, 2023

Sexually transmitted infections jumped by 7% in 2021, CDC says

  • Apr 11, 2023

1st cases of gonorrhea resistant to many antibiotics identified in US

  • Jan 20, 2023

Everything you need to know about monkeypox infection, vaccines, more

  • Jul 25, 2022

STDs including gonorrhea, syphilis rose during 1st year of pandemic

  • Apr 13, 2022

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Coachella-themed STD billboard pops up in Indio, festival organizers want it taken down

  • Apr 5, 2024
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US hasn't seen syphilis numbers this high since 1950. Other STD rates are down or flat

  • Jan 31, 2024
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Police seize 345,000 used condoms that were cleaned and sold as new

  • Sep 24, 2020
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Claris Health debuts free mobile clinic to LA County

  • Dec 3, 2019
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1 million new STD cases diagnosed every day, World Health Organization says

  • Jun 7, 2019
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Long Beach STDs: Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis cases see significant increase

  • May 7, 2019
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California reaches all-time high in sexually transmitted diseases

  • May 15, 2018

Latest Stories

Police in Vietnam seize 345,000 used condoms that were cleaned and sold as new

Police in Vietnam have confiscated an estimated 345,000 used condoms which had been cleaned and resold as new, state media reported.

  • Sep 24, 2020

Coronavirus found in semen, possibility of sexual transmission remains unclear, researchers say

The new coronavirus can persist in men's semen even after they have begun to recover, a finding that raises the possibility the virus could be sexually transmitted.

  • May 8, 2020

Claris Health debuts free mobile clinic to LA County

Claris Health debuts free mobile clinic to 27 cities across LA County.

  • Dec 3, 2019

STDs at an all-time high, condom use down, CDC says

Health officials report cases of gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia have risen for the fifth consecutive year. More than 2 million people were diagnosed last year. The combined number marks the most cases ever recorded in the U.S. since monitoring began.

  • Oct 8, 2019

1 million new STD cases diagnosed every day, World Health Organization says

More than one million new cases of curable sexually transmitted diseases are diagnosed every day, according to the World Health Organization.

  • Jun 7, 2019