Officials with the Tompkins County Health Department (TCHD) report an increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the area during the first half of 2016. According to health department data, there...

Resistance to azithromycin, an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea, is emerging, according to CDC findings published today in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. CDC currently recommends a combination...

Officials with Public Health England (PHE) reported today on the most recent data on sexually transmitted infections (STI), which shows in 2015 there were 434,456 STIs. Gay, bisexual or other men who...

The Indiana State Department of Health reported Monday that the state has experienced a significant increase in syphilis cases, prompting them to urge healthcare providers to educate patients about their...

There are a plethora of potential infectious diseases one could contract while traveling in Brazil; however, the risk differs depending on where in Brazil you are visiting. The 2016 Summer Olympics in...

For the second time in as many days, a Texas locality is issuing a “syphilis alert” due to increases in reported cases of the sexually transmitted infection (STI). The City of Amarillo’s...

An all-time high of 25,986 sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were diagnosed in Minnesota in 2015, according to a report released today by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The number of STDs...

April is National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Awareness Month, and the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) is raising awareness about those who may be at risk. Judy Nielsen...

Health officials in Ireland have released their Provisional data on sexually transmitted infections, 2015 and we find that more than four out of 10 of all infectious disease notifications (43 percent)...

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported today as part of (sexually transmitted diseases) STD Awareness Month that the state has seen increases in the number of chlamydia and syphilis...