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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.

King Holmes, MD, PhD, an infectious diseases physician and researcher who helped create modern STI research and was a central figure in the early AIDS epidemic, died Sunday at the age of 87 years, the University of Washington announced.

Healio will be providing live coverage of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, which runs from March 9-12 in San Francisco.

The addition of treatment for male partners reduced the recurrence of bacterial vaginosis among women enrolled in a randomized trial compared with treating only the women, researchers reported.

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection, yet many people lack knowledge of the infection or hold several misconceptions about it.

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next HHS secretary.

In July of 2022, mpox was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, or PHEIC, by WHO during a surge in infections that led to more than 100,000 cases in 122 countries.

The CDC on Thursday published its famed Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for the first time since the Trump administration ordered the nation’s various health agencies to freeze public communications.