Louisiana House Bill 76, authored by state Rep. Patricia Moore, proposes making it a crime to knowingly and intentionally ...

In a clinical trial, the UTI drug gepotidacin cleared infections in 93% of cases, performing just as well as the current ...

Discover why syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV and mycoplasma genitalium rates continue rising despite prevention efforts and how communities can reverse them ...

Alaska is seeing a dangerous gonorrhea outbreak, while the CDC's STD lab and field staff have been cut. What happens to ...

Only one reliable treatment for the sexually transmitted infection still exists, because the bacteria that cause it have become resistant to common therapies.

A newly approved antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections, gepotidacin, also may help fight drug-resistant gonorrhea, a new study shows.

“The big takeaway is that having additional treatment options for gonorrhea is fantastic,” said Dr. Jason Zucker, an ...

You may be able to get free or low-cost STD testing from your nearest Planned Parenthood health center, depending on things like your insurance, available funding programs, and how much money you have ...

but any type of sexually transmitted bacterium or virus can colonize the mouth and throat, too. These infections usually spread through oral sex and may initially develop with no symptoms at all. A ...

Women may experience unique symptoms of HIV. Early on, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) typically causes flu-like symptoms, which are similar across sexes. HIV symptoms in women may differ after ...

However, it's important to know that some people, especially females, may not have symptoms of this sexually transmitted infection (STI ... may appear at the anus in those who have anal sex; throat ...

Val Kilmer battled throat cancer just years before his tragic death at age of 65. The Top Gun and Batman Forever actor died on Tuesday, April 1. A death certificate released by the Los Angeles ...