STDs News

Vaginitis, which incudes yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis, affects up to 75% of women at least once in their lives, yet many women are unaware that this can put them at increased risk for a sexually transmitted infection, or STI.

Healio will have live coverage of this year’s ESCMID Global, one of the largest medical conferences dedicated to infectious diseases and clinical microbiology in the world.

Clinical Infectious Diseases has launched a new series that will provide an in-depth look at real-life complex cases and the associated diagnostic and management decisions that ID clinicians deal with regularly.

The Trump administration has shut down a CDC laboratory dedicated to tracking STIs, which experts said could weaken the country’s ability to keep an eye on drug-resistant infections, including gonorrhea.

The FDA has granted Visby Medical authorization to market their at-home, over-the-counter diagnostic test that detects chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis, according to a press release.

Human papillomavirus appears to increase risk for cardiovascular disease and coronary artery disease, according to a meta-analysis slated for presentation at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

SAN FRANCISCO — Increasing HPV vaccination rates could help decrease the number of cancer cases “attributable to HIV,” according to data from a study presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

SAN FRANCISCO — A universal syphilis screening program identified more cases of syphilis than programs targeting specific patient populations, such as pregnant women and patients already receiving blood draws, researchers found.

SAN FRANCISCO — Tecovirimat failed to reduce clade II mpox lesions, pain or viral clearance among participants in a study of the antiviral that was stopped early based on a futility analysis, according to data presented here.