Infection News

The CDC’s removal of online resources related to HIV, STIs and other health topics following a Trump administration order to scrub references related to “gender ideology” has alarmed experts, who say it threatens public health.

Fewer than half of women who tested positive for HPV with negative cytological findings returned for a surveillance co-test within 1 year as recommended, yet more than half of those who received testing had HPV persistence or progression.

Women have a 31% or higher risk for symptoms of long COVID compared with men, according to a new cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Increased water consumption has been linked to beneficial health outcomes like weight loss and fewer kidney stones, a systematic review published in JAMA Network Open showed.

Syphilis, an STI caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, has re-emerged as a major public health threat in the United States, with rates skyrocketing over the past decade.

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.

The WikiGuidelines collaborative has published its third clinical practice guidance — this one on the prevention, diagnosis and management of UTIs.

A significant number of Medicaid-insured infants infected with HIV in the first year of their life did not receive postnatal antiretroviral prophylaxis, a study presented at IDWeek showed.

Women with endometriosis do not have a higher risk for COVID-19 infection nor worsened symptoms with mRNA vaccinations, but may experience temporary increases in dysmenorrhea, according to findings published in Reproductive Sciences.