New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available.

This sexually transmitted infection is almost entirely preventable. Here's what experts say you really need to know to ...

FILE - This 1971 microscope photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria, which causes the sexually-transmitted disease gonorrhea. (CDC via AP, ...

Bacterial infections can spread quickly, especially in hospital settings or crowded communities, where vulnerable people are treated in close proximity and bacteria move between them.

Having an STD can change your life forever. Physically, they can make you more susceptible to other types of infections, they can affect your pregnancy and cause birth defects as well. Psychologically ...

Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) involves taking an antibiotic soon after sex without a barrier method to ...

ATLANTA — In May, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an increase in certain sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea, and syphilis, while infections of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new government data posted Wednesday. The Centers for ...