Positive cases of syphilis have been steadily increasing in the city, in what many are describing as a growing public health ...

Many health insurance plans are required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to cover certain STD screenings without ...

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

Spotting new bumps on your body can leave you scrambling to find pictures of skin rashes to compare them against. While there’s a large range of things that can cause skin rashes, doing your best to ...

Cervical cancer develops in the lower part of the uterus. It's mostly caused by a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection. This ...

Taiwan saw declines in HIV and gonorrhea cases this year, but syphilis infections rose, with the sharpest increase among people aged 15-24, the country’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said at a ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Correspondence to Dr Justin Penner, Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London W2 1NY, UK; justin.penner{at}nhs.net Background The epidemiology of congenital ...

Myalgia often results from muscle strain, injury, or overuse. Chronic conditions like fibromyalgia may require treatment to ease myalgia. Using stress management techniques, like journaling, ...