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 ...

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The CDC estimates that on any given day in 2018, one in five people in the U.S. had a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The analyses, published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, show ...

(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 ...

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 ...

The CDC released updated guidelines for sexually transmitted disease treatment and prevention today. These are nine important topics that have been updated from the 2013 report. 1. Alternative ...

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 ...

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 ...