Among the more remarkable legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry, and consumers moved to make at-home testing a reliable tool for managing a ...

Sexually transmitted diseases or STDs (formerly called venereal diseases) are among the world's most common infectious diseases. These bacterial or viral diseases are spread through sexual contact.

More than 1.7 million cases of chlamydia were reported in 2018. About 580,000 gonorrhea cases were reported in 2018. About 35,000 cases of the most contagious forms of syphilis were reported in 2018.

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. With more Arkansans than usual likely to swap spit and other fluids this month, we decided to sit down with Dr. Naveen Patil, an infectious disease specialist with ...

With Valentine’s Day prompting many to think about safe sex, a doctor at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center is urging people of all ages to get tested regula ...

Data published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that rates of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States decreased in the early months of the Covid-19 ...

Gonorrhea cases also declined in 2025, while chlamydia cases remained stable following COVID-era spikes in sexually transmitted diseases.

A patient holds a sample test tube for Chlamydia testing. Rodolfo Parulan Jr. Last year, as cases of Covid-19 spread across her Houston community, public health official Guadalupe Valdovinos was ...

Louisiana has the highest STD rate in the US, with 1,106.9 cases per 100,000 residents, and is one of only five states where STD rates have increased in the last five years.