A new proven protocol in which doxycycline is used to prevent sexually transmitted infections — called doxyPEP — has been an ...

Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease ...

Studies have shown that taking doxycycline within 72 hours of unprotected sex cuts the risk of developing syphilis, gonorrhea ...

"I’m encouraged, and it’s been a long time since I felt that way” about the nation’s epidemic of sexually transmitted ...

In 2023, the U.S. reported over a million more sexually transmitted infections than in 2004, according to the CDC.Thousands ...

Chlamydia is an infection caused by the bacterium ... According to the American Social Health Association (ASHA), men are much more likely to have symptoms than women. If you're sexually active ...

Georgia continues to see a high rate of sexually transmitted diseases, despite a drop in case numbers nationally, according to the CDC ...

The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels.

Since 2013, gonorrhea rates have been consistently higher among men than women, largely due to cases among men who have sex ...

Chlamydia was the most common nationally notifiable STI in the United States in 2023 ... The epidemic disproportionately ...

The CDC attributes the small decrease in STIs to a number of factors. Among them is the introduction of doxycycline ...

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