ATLANTA — In May, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an increase in certain sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea, and syphilis, while infections of ...

There are more than 30 kinds of bacteria, viruses and parasites that people can pass to their partners while having vaginal, anal or oral sex, the World Health Organization says. Some of these ...

New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available.

From Chlamydia to Gonorrhea, Read on to know the top 8 dangerous and highly contagious STDs in the world. Check out their ...

It's time to develop more effective ways to control and prevent sexually transmitted gut infections, urge the authors of an article appearing today in Clinical Microbiology Reviews, a journal of the ...

Health experts are warning of new and highly contagious fungal strains after an NYC man in his 30s developed a sexually transmitted form of ringworm -- the first reported case in the US. Health ...

NEW YORK -- A sexually transmitted form of ringworm recently made its way into the United States. So far, there has only been one reported case -- a patient in New York City. Trichophyton ...

Despite improvements in the rates of sexually transmitted diseases across the country, the infection rate remains high in Georgia, especially for gonorrhea and chlamydia, according to data released ...

Health authorities in Barbados are reporting an increase in cases of syphilis in the country and are urging people to take ...

In A Nutshell Scientists discovered a 5,500-year-old form of the bacteria that causes syphilis in remains from Colombia, the ...