What it’s looking like is a stabilization” and, hopefully, a decline will follow, state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy ...

But few know that chlamydia, one of the most common STIs, is a major cause of infertility when left untreated. Too many ...

Two top clinicians have been disciplined amid growing concern that Kaiser’s system for monitoring research safety and ethics ...

THE FEAR and myths surrounding a HIV positive diagnosis are so prevalent that some people don't want to be seen taking medication for it.

A new treatment for sexually-transmitted diseases seems to be slowing an STI epidemic — but not everyone can get it ...

Clinical trials (also called medical research and research studies) are used to determine whether new drugs/treatments are ...

Geewananda Gunawardana, Ph.D. In his excellent article on “Poor-quality and counterfeit medicines and unnecessary drugs” (The ...

I returned home to the sex trade to face several challenges, including failure to fit into my community of sex workers ...

Perioral dermatitis is a rash that appears as clusters of inflamed skin and small raised bumps around the mouth and nose. The ...

Quarterly syphilis rates decreased from 1.7% prior to doxyPEP availability to 0.3% afterward, while quarterly chlamydia rates declined from 9.6% to 2%. Quarterly gonorrhea infections dropped from 10.2 ...

Cancer clinical trials lack diversity, with white patients overrepresented and minorities, women, and the elderly ...