STDs in the U.S. Still on the Rise, Reports CDC
Razi Berry Combined cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia reached an all-time high in the United States in 2018, according to the annual Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) can have severe health consequences. Among the most tragic are newborn deaths […]
Syphilis Invades Rural America, and a Fraying Health Safety Net is Failing to Stop it
Razi Berry When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the “dominoes gang” in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Mo., she assumed it had to do with pizza. Turns out it was a group of men in their 60s and 70s who held a standing game night — which included sex with one another. They […]
Treatment for STD, Could be Ineffective in Some Cases
Razi Berry From Tulane University A new study led by an infectious disease epidemiologist at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine could change the way doctors treat a common sexually transmitted disease. The most common curable STD Professor Patricia Kissinger and a team of researchers found the recommended single dose of medication […]