Doxycycline Fails to Protect Women Against STIs Trial results came as a surprise after success in prophylaxis for other groups Feb 21, 2023
USPSTF Reaffirms Rec Against Routine Screening for Genital Herpes With no new evidence, guidance remains unchanged from 2016 Feb 14, 2023
Pregnant Women With Syphilis, Substance Use More Likely to Pass Infection to Babies Prompt treatment of syphilis needed to reduce poor outcomes, but many passed on prenatal care Jan 19, 2023
CDC Data Show Mpox Risks in Cisgender, Pregnant Women Understanding transmission in pregnant women "is critical for mpox prevention," researchers say Jan 06, 2023
The Benefits of Weightlifting; Neurologic Long COVID Also in TTHealthWatch: a bionic pancreas for type 1 diabetes and syphilis screening guidelines Oct 01, 2022 podcast
USPSTF Advises to Keep Screening for Syphilis as Cases Soar But epidemic will only be curtailed with a new approach to screening, editorialists argue Sep 27, 2022
The Classification of Monkeypox Should Include Its STI Status Let's not ignore the evidence Aug 23, 2022
HPV Vaccination Close to Surgery May Reduce Recurrent Cervical Lesions Recurrence more than halved, but shaky data preclude definitive answers Aug 03, 2022
People With Advanced AIDS Benefit From Dolutegravir Treatment Trial in Brazil offers hope for "late-presenter HIV patients" Jul 31, 2022
Two More Patients With HIV Surviving Without Antiretrovirals Functional cures now seen in 5 patients Jul 29, 2022
Med Students Call for Comprehensive Sex Ed in Schools at the AMA Meeting Making families responsible for sex education isn't working, say advocates of proposed policy Jun 13, 2022
Why the Atypical Symptoms in the Latest Monkeypox Cases? Experts agree these cases are unusual, but not necessarily a concern for viral mutation May 27, 2022
The Syphilis Surge Must Be Viewed as a Public Health Emergency Let's remove administrative and resource barriers impeding the appropriate response May 22, 2022
Doxycycline Bests Azithromycin for Anogenital Chlamydia in Women Open-label randomized trial set out to duplicate results from prior studies in men May 10, 2022
Meningitis B Vaccine May Protect Against ... Gonorrhea? Evidence from the U.S. and Australia indicates vaccine provides modest protection Apr 12, 2022
FDA Greenlights First Condom Specifically for Anal Intercourse One Male Condom turned in less than 1% total condom failure rate Feb 23, 2022
Young Women Prefer Vaginal Ring as HIV Prevention But oral pre-exposure prophylaxis also gets support, study in Africa finds Feb 17, 2022
Did Improved Treatment for Cervical Abnormalities Affect Birth Outcomes? Swedish data found risks for adverse outcomes remain higher, but declined over time Feb 07, 2022
Common STIs Linked to Higher Risk of Preterm Birth Large, diverse observational study finds an association Nov 29, 2021
Bifunctional Protein Shows Promise in HPV-Related Cancers Objective responses in 28% of pretreated patients, durable in most cases Sep 20, 2021
As Safety Data on HPV Vaccine Improves, Why Is Parental Hesitancy Going Up? Findings suggest "an urgent need" to combat sentiment, restore confidence, researchers say Sep 17, 2021
Acceptance of Vaginal Ring and Oral PrEP Increasing in Young African Women Adherence to these HIV preventive measures should be encouraged Jul 21, 2021
CDC Issues Health Advisory on J&J Shot; Pfizer Ramps Up; STDs at All-Time High A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Apr 14, 2021
Nuanced View of Oral Sex, HPV+ Oropharyngeal Cancer Age at first oral sex, 'intensity,' number of partners all influence risk Jan 13, 2021
Remdesivir May Keep Ebola Out of the Bedroom Won't help clinical disease, but phase II trial shows it reduces virus levels in survivors' semen Nov 19, 2020
Gut Bacteria for Psoriasis; Long-Term Hair Growth; COVID and STDs Selected presentations from the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology virtual conference Nov 05, 2020
Acute HIV Cases Turn Up in COVID Screening Similar symptoms result in surge in finding new infections at one institution Oct 26, 2020
Let's Talk About STI Prevention Services During COVID-19 Case reporting, public health staffing both impacted by the pandemic Sep 14, 2020
More Good News for HIV PrEP Injectable Long-acting cabotegravir dramatically cuts estimated HIV incidence Jul 07, 2020
Blood Test Spot On for HPV Cancer Recurrence Near-100% accuracy for ruling in or out recurrent oropharyngeal cancer Apr 01, 2020
Birth Control Implants, HIV Meds Safe Together Drug-drug interactions not seen in combination Mar 12, 2020
Asian Moms Don't Talk to Their Kids About Sex Communication barriers make teens vulnerable to contracting HIV Nov 07, 2019
Does Doxycycline PrEP/PEP Prevent Bacterial STIs in High-Risk Men? State-of-the-art review summarizes evidence and suggests next steps Sep 11, 2019
Study: Scale Back Surveillance for HPV Oropharyngeal Cancers Retrospective data show no survival advantage with adherence to NCCN guidelines Aug 13, 2019
PrEP: One Treatment Begins to Stand Out Secondary DISCOVER analysis hints at winner, though conclusive data still await Jul 24, 2019
Vaccine Clears HPV-Infected Cervical Lesions Complete clearance in a fourth of precancerous CIN2/3 Apr 09, 2019
HIV Exposure in Womb Tied to Metabolic Disease in Later Life Upped risk for immune dysfunction as well, possibly due to inflammation Mar 25, 2019
Fauci: 'Full-Court Press' to End HIV Epidemic in U.S. NIAID chief outlines plan for treatment as prevention, PrEP in targeted areas Mar 05, 2019
