Health officials are raising alarm about a rise in STDs across the United States. For the fifth consecutive year, combined cases of gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis have risen in the United States, ...

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, ...

A dangerous form of gonorrhea is spreading in Alaska, according to state health officials. At the same time, two essential programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop ...

No one wants to hear that they’ve contracted a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Having one can mean discomfort, inconvenience, potential embarrassment and often requires putting intimacy on hold ...

Gonococcal conjunctivitis (GC) is an eye infection caused by the bacterium responsible for gonorrhea. It can be transmitted from the person giving birth to the newborn during vaginal delivery or ...