Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced a new, multiyear initiative to slash the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Chicago, starting...

During 2012-2016, an average of 43,999 HPV-associated cancers were reported each year, according to a new study published today in CDC’s  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Among the estimated...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The CDC says HPV, or human papillomavirus, is a common virus that can lead to 6 types of cancers later in life.  Almost every person who is sexually active will get...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 After reporting more than 5,000 cases in 2017, the first time that happened in more than 4 decades and nearly 7,000 cases in 2018, the first time since 1970, Japan continues...

The number of syphilis cases has been consistently going up across Europe since 2010, mostly affecting men who have sex with men living in urban areas. In 2017, notification rates reached an all-time...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The rates of certain types of sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, are rising dramatically for both male and female service members, according to the Military...

By Robert Herriman  @bactiman63 Elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV and syphilis Sri Lanka health officials report that the country is planning to obtain validation certificate by the...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Japan’s battle with the sexually transmitted infection (STI), syphilis continues after reporting more than 5,000 cases in each of the last two years, the first time that...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that newly published data reveals that daily, greater than one million new cases of four curable sexually transmitted infections...

UK health officials are reporting an increase in sexually transmitted infections (STI) diagnosed in 2018, with gonorrhea cases showing the largest increase. Overall, new STI diagnoses in 2018 increased...