Medically reviewed by Andrea L. Braden, MD Regular STD testing and treatment decrease your risk of getting or spreading ...

Chlamydia is a prevalent sexually transmitted infection. World Health Organization reports millions of new STI cases annually ...

If you have sex—oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse and genital touching—you can get an STD, also called a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Straight or gay, married or single, you're vulnerable to ...

The idea that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) always announce themselves with uncomfortable or visible symptoms is a dangerous misconception that health experts are working to correct. Research ...

Ultimately, chlamydia is one of the most common STIs, but it is also one of the easiest to diagnose and cure. "You can ...

Scientists are concerned about Mycoplasma genitalium, a little-understood STD that is linked to infertility. Dr. Irene Stafford, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, said the STD was a "real concern.

Public health experts were alarmed to see a surge of common sexually transmitted diseases – now referred to as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) – during the last two years of the COVID-19 ...

Doctors are seeing more patients with unusual vision and eye symptoms due to the sexually transmitted infection Amid the current syphilis “epidemic” in the U.S., doctors are seeing more patients with ...

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) continue to pose significant diagnostic challenges for healthcare providers, often leading to delayed or incorrect treatments. The consequences of these ...