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Despite the county reporting a decline in rates, Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest said Monday there could be a "silent crisis" of unreported STIs.

Sexually transmitted infections stand as a significant public health concern affecting millions of individuals worldwide regardless of age, gender, or sexual orientation. While the terms STI and STD ...

The bottom view of a plate culture containing the fungus Trichophyton mentagrophytes. From the reverse, the color is pale, yellowish-brown or reddish-brown. The genus, Trichophyton, inhabits the soil, ...

The US is in the midst of an “out of control” STD epidemic, with cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia on the rise nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says gonorrhea cases ...

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TOPEKA — Kansas is one of two states that doesn’t allow expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted disease, a practice that allows medical providers to prescribe treatment to an infected ...

Cumberland County is among the hardest-hit areas in the nation for sexually transmitted diseases, according to a recent Invigor Medical analysis. The findings, based on Centers for Disease Control and ...

Eight Texas cities landed in the top 100 cities in the U.S. with the highest sexually transmitted disease infection rates, according to a recent study. Innerbody, a healthcare research group, used the ...

According to the agency, the primary transmission route for sexually transmitted infections such as HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and genital herpes is unsafe sexual behavior, particularly unprotected sex ...

Cumberland County ranks high nationally in STD rates, attributed to social inequities and a large young adult population. Aggressive testing and outreach programs have led to a decrease in some STDs ...