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The White House withdrew the nomination of David Weldon, MD, to be CDC director on Thursday morning, just hours before he was to appear before a Senate committee.

Senators questioned Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, about proposed NIH cuts to biomedical research, the safety of vaccines, and government transparency during his nomination hearing Wednesday to be the next director of the NIH.

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

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.

For the second year in a row, the CDC’s annual STI report showed an overall decline in combined cases of the three nationally reportable infections — chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.

Gonorrhea is the second most common STI, with more than 82 million new infections globally each year, including 601,319 cases in the United States in 2023.

Waning smallpox immunity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has contributed to a significant increase in mpox cases over the last 15 years, but a study suggests there are also other causes for the virus’ rise in prominence.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a draft recommendation encouraging physicians to screen for syphilis in people who are pregnant as early as possible.

NEW YORK — In this video, Jacob R. McLean, DO, assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University, recaps his presentation on adolescent STI screening and treatment at the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium.