Sexually Transmitted Infection

More than one-third of children aged 9 to 17 years in the United States had received one or more HPV vaccines doses as of 2022, according to a new CDC report.

The rate of teen pregnancies in the Canadian province of Ontario fell during the COVID-19 pandemic, as did visits for contraceptive and sexually transmitted infection management, researchers found.

During a 2022 mpox outbreak in a Nigerian tertiary care facility, several confirmed cases presented atypically, according to a recent assessment of cases.

Rates of STDs continue to rise in the United States, with CDC data showing increases year after year.

To mark the end of 2023, we compiled a list of this year’s Pharmacology Consult columns, in which our contributing PharmDs dig deep into the newest research to report on emerging therapies and vaccines for infectious diseases.

The prevalence of transgender-related diagnosis codes in the United States increased nearly ninefold from 2014 to 2021, with significant increases in HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis prescriptions in this population, data show.

A hospital in California increased testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea among high-risk adolescents by nearly fivefold in its pediatric ED by implementing several interventions, including preselected order panels for physicians and nurses.

In the United States, there were approximately 1.6 million cases of chlamydia, 710,000 cases of gonorrhea and 176,000 cases of syphilis reported in 2021, according to the CDC.

Prior infections with chlamydia and/or gonorrhea were common among people diagnosed with mpox, according to data gathered and assessed by the Chicago Department of Public Health.

BOSTON — In this video, Jodie A. Dionne, MD, MSPH, associate professor of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, recaps her IDWeek presentation on vaccines and sexually transmitted infections.