When we think of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there are certain ones that spring immediately to mind (think ...

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Introduction Saskatchewan is facing a public health crisis driven by high rates of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, particularly among people who use drugs. Injection drug use is ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing where they come from and how they changed history ...

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 last week. The Centers for ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

While sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the ...

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, ...

Johnson County was found to have one of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections, according to Iowa’s Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS. The majority of the reported cases ...

Congenital syphilis cases have remained persistently high in the city for the last five years, new data shows. Cases of congenital syphilis, a life-threatening disease that affects infants, rose by 6% ...

A shortage of benzathine penicillin G in Italy, as reported by the Italian Medicines Agency, highlights the relevance of recent research published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The trial ...