Awareness Month. The purpose is to promote knowledge about the impact of STIs, reduce stigma and promote testing and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Because chlamydia often causes no symptoms, these numbers likely underestimate its true prevalence. But even these statistics ...

A highly common bacterial affliction that impacts nearly a third of women worldwide could very well be an overlooked sexually transmitted infection (STI). Bacterial vaginosis (BV) occurs when the ...

A new study published in The Lancet shows promise for a chlamydia vaccine in the near future. As STI rates reach a record high, it can't come soon enough. The trial—which included a small sample size ...

Medically reviewed by Kiarra King, MD Key Takeaways The incubation period of STIs depends on which one you were exposed to.Symptoms of an STI can appear a few days after exposure or as long as six ...

A common vaginal condition which affects nearly a third of women across the globe may actually be a sexually transmitted infection (STI), a new research has shown. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) can lead to ...

The World Health Organization released updated guidelines Tuesday for the treatment of three common sexually transmitted infections — chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis —because of the growing threat ...

Researchers at Tulane University are leading a groundbreaking study to seek a more effective treatment for trichomoniasis, an infection that, despite being the most common curable sexually transmitted ...

New guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the first time outline which at-risk groups health providers should recommend use a common antibiotic to help prevent the ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are more common than many people realize. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 374 million new STIs occur each year worldwide, and chlamydia ...