One child was born with syphilis every hour in China in 2008, researchers said Thursday, as new money from the country’s growing economy fuels the world’s fastest-growing…

Men who carry the virus that causes genital warts may be at increased risk of HIV infection, a study of Kenyan men suggests.

Researchers say the findings raise…

Despite the virtual elimination of syphilis in China in the 1950s, the sexually transmitted infection is currently at epidemic proportions in the country and rates of…

A binational team of researchers led by University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that active syphilis infections are significantly greater in…

Contrary to what’s traditionally been believed, anal infection with the virus that causes genital warts is common in heterosexual men, a new study confirms.

Until recent years, there had been…

More U.S. babies are being born with syphilis, many of them to women in the South who use crack cocaine and work in the sex trade, according to a…

The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea risks becoming a drug-resistant “superbug” if doctors do not devise new ways of treating it, a leading sexual health expert said.

Catherine Ison, a specialist on…

About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials…

Frequent testing and treatment of infection does not reduce the prevalence of chlamydia in urban teenage girls, according to a long term study by Indiana University…

A new study adds to evidence that bacterial vaginosis, the most common vaginal infection in women of childbearing age, is a sexually transmitted disease.

Bacterial vaginosis, or BV, occurs when…

American squeamishness about talking about sex has helped keep common sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teens, U.S. researchers reported Monday.

Latest statistics on chlamydia, gonorrhea…

Since 2007, when free vaccination against HPV for young women became available, Australia has seen a rapid decline in new cases of genital warts, researchers say. HPV, or…

An epidemic of syphilis in Jefferson County, Alabama, between 2005 and 2007 involved large increases in cases among heterosexuals, a population in which rates of infection had previously been falling,…

Heterosexual men who undergo medical circumcision can significantly reduce their risk of acquiring two common sexually transmitted infections-herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), the…

Adolescent girls reveal alarmingly high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) which remain largely undetected by recommended screening guidelines. A study in Brazil, reported in the open access journal…

Results of a study provide “convincing evidence,” researchers say, that douching increases the risk of sexually transmitted infections.

Among a group of sexually active adolescent girls, those who said they always…

U.S. syphilis rates rose for a seventh year in 2007, driven by gay and bisexual men, while chlamydia reached record numbers and gonorrhea remained at alarming levels - especially among blacks,…

Circulating antibodies against infectious agents and self-reported history of syphilis and gonorrhea represent an individual’s cumulative lifetime exposure or past infections, and thus are particularly suited for risk evaluation of…

Black girls who abuse alcohol are more likely to have unprotected sex despite having participated in interventions that stressed the importance of consistent condom use.

The study…

Screening programmes to identify and treat young women with chlamydial infection have been developed in several countries. The goals of these screening programmes are, for the individual, to reduce…

Expert Available for Interviews on Finding That 1 in 4 Teenage Girls Has a Sexually Transmitted Infection

Who: Dr. Peter Leone, an expert on STDs and an…

Prenatal syphilis screening, recommended by the Centers for Disease Control, medical professional organizations, and public health authorities, is critical to preventing still births and serious birth defects in…

Many teenage girls diagnosed with the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia become reinfected over the next year, according to a large study of students attending school health centers.

Researchers found that of…

A new study of young female military recruits has found that almost 20 percent contracted chlamydia over the course of 12 months.

“The really scary message for us is, oh…

STDs Found In 25% of Teenage Girls: Expert Available To Discuss CDC Findings, Cervical Cancer Treatment

On Tuesday, March 11, 2008, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a…