With rates of syphilis rising quickly in the United States and elsewhere, clinicians are having to up their game when it comes to diagnosing and treating an infection that they may not be paying enough attention to. More than 200,000 cases of syphilis were reported in the United States in 2022, which is the highest […]
STIs
Doxy-PEP Cut STIs in San Francisco in Half
Syphilis and chlamydia infections were reduced by half among men who have sex with men and transgender women 1 year after San Francisco rolled out doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxy-PEP), according to data presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Denver this week. Read more in Medscape.
Excessive Pubic Hair Grooming Linked to Higher Rates of STIs
Shaving and grooming may create an opportunity for infections to spread. People who frequently groom or remove their pubic hair are more likely to contract sexually transmitted infections, according to new research. The researchers surveyed more than 7,500 people aged 18-65 from across the United States, and found that two-thirds of men and 84 percent […]