Health care providers should administer annual testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases to all of their male patients who have sex with other men, according to new CDC STD treatment and ...

The CDC has revised its 2006 guidelines for the treatment of persons who have or are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The new document has been in the works since CDC representatives ...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae Updated guidelines no longer recommended cephalosporins as first-line therapy. HealthDay News — Oral cefixime (Suprax) should no longer be considered the treatment of choice for ...

Vulvovaginal candidiasis is typically characterized by pruritus and vaginal discharge but may include vaginal soreness, vaginal burning, dyspareunia, and external dysuria. It is estimated that 75% of ...

In 2023, the most infectious stages of syphilis saw the first substantial decline in more than two decades as the epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases appears to be slowing, the CDC said Nov. 12.

A critical laboratory for surveilling sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the U.S. has been lost in the Trump administration's mass layoffs. All 28 full-time employees, along with 10 fellows, were ...

(HealthDay News) — New recommendations have been provided to update the 2010 guidelines on the treatment and management of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The 2015 guidelines are available ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data showing that nearly 1 in 5 Americans have a sexually transmitted infection. The data comes from an analysis of information for 2018, ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has eliminated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's laboratories for sexually transmitted diseases and hepatitis, multiple ...