Sexually Transmitted Diseases

The key to meeting the Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) benchmark may be to combine discrete areas of research into a more cohesive strategy.

Physicians call for more education for themselves and the patient before recommending the use of topical microbicides.

At the 2017 Annual Pediatric Academic Societies meeting, Gail Bolan, MD, from the CDC, explained why trends in STD reporting in 2015 may be disturbing.

In a research panel at the 2017 Annual Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Andres Camacho-Gonzalez, MD, and Craig Wilson, MD, discussed how poorly-controlled HIV infections in adolescents are related to increased risk of other STIs.

In case you missed them, here are our top 5 articles for the week of May 14, 2017.

A new study finds that gay African American and Latino men who use multiple forms of technology to find sexual partners have higher rates of disease transmission.

On HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, we reflect on the advancements made in the fight against HIV and the ongoing efforts to reach the collective goal of developing a safe, effective vaccine.

NICHD researchers find that tiny cell particles released by HIV-infected cells might help the virus spread to new cells.

In case you missed them, here are our top 5 articles for the week of May 7, 2017.

UNC School of Medicine researchers have identified a new HIV reservoir, a finding that can be used to inform cure research.

A new study sheds light on the mechanisms behind the development of emphysema in 30% of HIV-positive individuals.

There has been an increase in STDs seen in US emergency departments, a setting that proves to be less than optimal for providing STD care.

In case you missed them, here are last month's Top 5 news articles from Contagion®.

The rates of primary and secondary syphilis in the United States have increased by 19% from 2014 to 2015, and the CDC notes that preliminary data suggests that there was a “similar rate of increase in the first 6 months of 2016.”