Syphilis has long played a role in human history: some think that notable figures like Dracula author Bram Stoker and Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin had the disease. And scientists know that the ...

Sexually transmitted infections stand as a significant public health concern affecting millions of individuals worldwide regardless of age, gender, or sexual orientation. While the terms STI and STD ...

The findings represent the oldest complete set of genetic information from this bacterial group and shed light on its ...

Cervical cancer is usually caused by human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted infection so common nearly all sexually active men and women will get the virus in their lifetime, according to the ...

Art historians say the most famous painting of congenital syphilis is “The Inheritance” by Norwegian expressionist painter Eduard Munch, who in 1899 shocked European audiences by showing a young ...

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

As funding for state and local health services fall, STDs continue to rise. Sexually transmitted infections hit a record high 2.4 million cases in 2018, making it the fifth year in a row that cases of ...

A new treatment for gonorrhea shows promise, which is welcome news with global rates of the sexually transmitted infection on the rise and antibiotic resistance becoming more prevalent. The oral ...

Donald Trump claimed that hepatitis B is a sexually transmitted disease while advocating to delay the vaccine, which is currently given at birth While the virus — which can cause liver cancer and ...

Lymphedema after head and neck cancer is considerably more common than previously assumed and can persist long after cancer treatment has finished. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have ...

A Florida bill would require parental consent for STI treatment and to review medical surveys which ask about political ...