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HHS Removed Images Of Condoms From HIV/AIDS Awareness Fliers

The condoms were featured on a fact sheet and included in a social media campaign to spread the word on how to reduce HIV transmission among women and girls.

October 9, 2019 Sexually Transmitted Disease

Sexual transmitted disease rates continue to rise in Washington

Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis have all been rising over the past several years.

October 7, 2019 Contraception / Sexually Transmitted Disease

US Funding Christian Clinics that Prescribe Abstinence to Stop the Spread of STDs

Obria, a Christian medical chain, which was awarded $1.7 million in federal family planning funds, does not offer hormonal birth control or condoms; instead, it urges restraint.

August 8, 2019 HPV / Vaccines

Advice On HPV Vaccine Could Leave Adults Confused

When a federal panel recently recommended an update to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine guidelines, it left a lot of uncertainty.

April 18, 2019 Syphilis

As Syphilis Invades Rural America, Fraying Safety Net Is Failing To Stop It

While syphilis is still concentrated in cities, its continued spread into places like Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma creates a new set of challenges.

April 3, 2019 Cancer / HPV / Vaccines

Cervical pre-cancer rates down 88% in decade since HPV vaccinations began in UK

New findings clearly show that the routine HPV vaccination program has been a resounding success.

March 3, 2019 Methamphetamine / Opioids / Syphilis

More Babies Are Being Born With Syphilis. Blame Meth and Opioids.

Editor’s note: This article was updated Feb. 26 to show that 18 states, including Michigan, have screening requirements in a woman’s

February 15, 2019 Addiction / Opioids / Sexually Transmitted Disease / Substance Abuse / Syphilis

Two Crises In One: As Drug Use Rises, So Does Syphilis

By Anna Gorman, California Healthline Public health officials grappling with record-high syphilis rates around the nation have pinpointed what appears

December 17, 2018 Health News / Sexually Transmitted Disease

Syphilis may be transmitted through semen, UW study suggests

The bacterium that causes syphilis, Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, can be present in semen at high enough concentration to transmit the disease.

December 1, 2018 HIV/AIDS / Public Health / Sexually Transmitted Disease

What you need to know about HIV/AIDS today

Efforts to stop the spread of HIV are hindered by fear and stigma.

November 13, 2018 Chlamydia / Gonorrhea

An Underused Strategy For Surge In STDs: Treat Patients’ Partners Without A Doctor Visit

“Expedited partner therapy” is recommended, bu many doctors aren’t taking the advice because of entrenched ethical and legal concerns.

September 14, 2018 Sexually Transmitted Disease

Why Aren’t More STD Patients Getting This Proven Treatment?

Most patients with an STD get treatment only for their own infection — when they probably could get antibiotics for their partner at the same time.

September 14, 2018 HIV/AIDS / Public Health / Sexually Transmitted Disease

Discreetly Tracking Down Sex Partners To Stop A Surge In STDs

Oregon’s Clackamas County, health officials are asking patients with an STD who their sexual partners are — and then are tracking those partners down.