Sexually Transmitted Diseases

UCLA researchers have developed an online risk assessment calculator that will allow individuals to check their “PrEP score.”

Drug “buyers clubs” that include websites such as PrEPster and I Want PrEP Now are providing a number of at-risk individuals living in the United Kingdom with HIV drugs that can potentially save their lives.

Researchers offer more insight on the role of IFN-I and find a potential therapeutic target that may be able to protect against chronic viral infections.

Diverse vaginal bacteria that’s deficient in lactobacilli appears to raise the risk of contracting HIV.

In a recent study, researchers found that retroviruses, such as HIV, date back to the Paleozoic Era.

In response to the increasing number of syphilis cases reported in Japan, the Japanese government is launching a prevention campaign that will include Sailor Moon as a spokesperson for sexual education.

A new genital herpes drug, pritelivir, has demonstrated greater virus suppression than the present standard treatment in a clinical trial.

Oluwatoyin (Toyin) Adeyemi, MD, attending physician of infectious diseases at Cook County Health and Hospital System, discusses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing guidelines.

As adults are living longer, they are able to continue to have healthy sex lives. Unfortunately, many are not practicing safe sex, and healthcare practitioners are not screening their older patients for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Seeking to improve the nation’s health and safety, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been targeting several high-burden issues in which it could make the greatest impact, and three such issues are infectious diseases.

A team from Duke University’s Developing World Healthcare Technologies Lab have discovered a way to extend the lifespan of antiretroviral drugs in order to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in developing countries.

With cases of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea on the rise, researchers from the University of York may have made a breakthrough in the quest to find treatments that work.

An emerging pharmaceutical company has partnered up with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to use its innovative technology to assist in the fight against HIV.

Low CD4/CDE8 ratio and a history of bacterial pneumonia heighten the risk for lung cancer in an HIV-positive population.

GlaxoSmithKline recently announced positive results from two recent trials of new antiretroviral drug regimens, showing HIV can be effectively treated with fewer medications.

Experts suggest government efforts are sorely needed to provide education about HIV/AIDS to at-risk groups, especially among the young gay population.

Researchers from Australia may have found the key to the spread of antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea in men who have sex with men (MSM).

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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers have found that genetic mutations of the NOD1 protein can result in increased risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV).

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The 90-90-90 goal from the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS has three prongs: By 2020, 90% of people with HIV worldwide will be aware of their status; 90% of HIV+ people will have access to treatment; and 90% of those with HIV will have a suppressed viral load. Money and training are key.

Researchers have found that current methods of predicting risk of heart attack or stroke in HIV-positive individuals are lacking.

The first large-scale clinical trial of a new HIV preventive drug, cabotegravir, has been launched and researchers are looking to see if it is just as effective as Truvada, the only licensed PrEP regimen currently available.

Although herpes remains one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in the United States, the US Preventive Services Task Force is calling for less routine testing.