TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — U.S. cases of syphilis have soared past numbers seen just a decade ago, new government statistics show. The grim numbers are for 2022, the latest year for which an accurate tally is available. More than 202,000 cases were recorded among Americans that yearContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Too many closeted gay and bisexual men didn’t receive treatment for infectious mpox during the recent global outbreak, a new report finds. It wasn’t necessarily because they feared being outed if they sought care, experts said. Instead, these men’s separation from the widerContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Amid an ongoing shortage of the first-line treatment for syphilis in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow the importation of a different syphilis drug from a French drugmaker. In a letter from Laboratoires Delbert, the Paris-based company said it’sContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Even Valentine’s Day apparently doesn’t trump the start of a brand new year when it comes to getting frisky. Sales of the morning-after pill surged across the U.S. after New Year 2022, new research shows. Nearly 41,000 extra pills were sold in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Being in a marriage or long-term relationship typically includes promises of monogamy, but new research shows a surprising number of folks, mostly men, are open to the idea of having another person in the mix. Fully one-third of men in the United KingdomContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Mpox is making headlines again, as an outbreak of severe disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa has infected thousands of people and killed hundreds. Amid this worrying scenario, researchers at New York University (NYU) offer a glimmer of good news:Continue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As syphilis cases surge across America, a group representing the nation’s STD specialists says members are reporting shortages of a drug essential to fighting the disease. In a survey from the National Coalition of STD Directors conducted in early November, 46% of sexualContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In a disease cluster last year, one infected but asymptomatic man spread a rare form of syphilis that affects the eyes to five Michigan women, a new report finds. Since ocular syphilis remains very rare, researchers believe the strain of T. pallidum —Continue Reading
SATURDAY, Nov.18 (HealthDay News) — Data showing that the antibiotic doxycycline might prevent a sexually transmitted infection (STI) if taken soon after sex made headlines earlier this year. As surging numbers of cases of syphilis and gonorrhea affect more Americans, here’s what you need to know about using the drug.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Here’s another casualty of the pandemic: Gains made against another scourge, HIV. Progress made in fighting HIV/AIDS across all segments of society was eroded during the crisis, according to a report led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). “EquityContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The first home test for chlamydia and gonorrhea will soon hit the market, following its approval Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. People will be able to buy the Simple 2 Test over-the-counter at a pharmacy, take a specimen in theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — An old scourge, syphilis, is returning with a vengeance in the United States, affecting not only adults but also the most vulnerable — newborns. Rates of congenital syphilis soared 10-fold between 2012 and 2022, according to new data released Tuesday by the U.S.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The first new antibiotic for gonorrhea — the second most common sexually transmitted disease — has shown promise in a clinical trial. That news should come as a relief to public health experts, because gonorrhea has become resistant to all but one ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Stigma can take a toll on lesbian, gay and bisexual teens, leading to high rates of binge-eating disorders, researchers say. Compared to their non-LGBTQ peers, lesbian, gay and bisexual teens are more than twice as likely to report binge eating, according to aContinue Reading