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Sexually transmitted infections
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) include any infection transmitted through sexual contact between two individuals. Bacteria, viruses, and parasites can cause STIs. Examples of STIs include chlamydia, genital herpes, gonorrhea, human papilloma virus (HPV), and HIV/AIDS.
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MAR 10, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
New research has determined that a common condition that affects about one-third of all women, known as bacterial vagino ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were getting lower, but that trend has reversed in recen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Recent statistics show that sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to rise. In 2021 alone, over 2.5 million cas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise. A new report in The Lancet Global Health has indicated that around the wo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2023Health & Medicine
Many studies have indicated that a school-based sexual health education program can reduce the risk of unintended pregna ...Written By: Kerry CharronAPR 03, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Shigella sonnei is a leading cause of a diarrheal disease called shigellosis in high-income countries, and this bacteria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
A new drug shows the potential to treat an exceptionally resilient sexual infection. A case study from the ...Written By: Amielle MorenoFEB 27, 2023Microbiology
The CDC has issued an alert about a rise in extensively drug-resistant (XDR) shigellosis, which causes gastrointestinal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2022Health & Medicine
Every so often, diseases that ravaged past populations pop up in movies or TV, and every now and again an archaeologist ...Written By: Sarah HoffmanNOV 07, 2022Microbiology
On Saturday, Uganda extended a three-week lockdown in certain areas to try to control the spread of Ebola virus, which h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted disease that is caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N. gonorrhoeae) ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizAUG 03, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 20, 2022Health & Medicine
First COVID, then mysterious hepatitis cases among children, now monkeypox – a rare viral illness being detected i ...Written By: Alexandria BassNOV 02, 2021Microbiology
Syphilis is on the rise worldwide, and it's killing infants. The disease is a leading cause of stillbirth worldwide, acc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
A new app allows users to self-test for HIV, which has proven to help positive patients get access to medical care and c ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 08, 2021Health & Medicine
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a significant issue in the United States and abroad. According to the CDC, the term & ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioMAY 26, 2021Microbiology
Foodborne illness can be prevented by cooking meat to a proper temperature and avoiding cross-contamination. But when th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Forget lab-based tests—a new portable microfluidic device links to a mobile app, diagnosing gonorrhea in just 15 m ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 01, 2021Plants & Animals
For more than thirty years, scientists have tried to solve the mystery of the high prevalence of cancer among wild Calif ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 21, 2021Microbiology
A mouse model has shown that it's possible to clear a multi-drug resistant gonorrhea with only one dose of antibioti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2021Cancer
In an effort to better understand how human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination varies by geography, researchers from VCU M ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 12, 2021Cancer
New research published recently in the online edition of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Soc ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization estimates that over 500 million people have Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2), a sexuall ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 18, 2020Microbiology
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterium: Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Its origins ha ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
New research has determined that a common condition that affects about one-third of all women, known as bacterial vagino
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were getting lower, but that trend has reversed in recen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Recent statistics show that sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to rise. In 2021 alone, over 2.5 million cas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise. A new report in The Lancet Global Health has indicated that around the wo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2023
Health & Medicine
Many studies have indicated that a school-based sexual health education program can reduce the risk of unintended pregna
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
APR 03, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Shigella sonnei is a leading cause of a diarrheal disease called shigellosis in high-income countries, and this bacteria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
A new drug shows the potential to treat an exceptionally resilient sexual infection. A case study from the
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
FEB 27, 2023
Microbiology
The CDC has issued an alert about a rise in extensively drug-resistant (XDR) shigellosis, which causes gastrointestinal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
Every so often, diseases that ravaged past populations pop up in movies or TV, and every now and again an archaeologist
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
NOV 07, 2022
Microbiology
On Saturday, Uganda extended a three-week lockdown in certain areas to try to control the spread of Ebola virus, which h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted disease that is caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N. gonorrhoeae)
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
AUG 03, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
First COVID, then mysterious hepatitis cases among children, now monkeypox – a rare viral illness being detected i
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
NOV 02, 2021
Microbiology
Syphilis is on the rise worldwide, and it's killing infants. The disease is a leading cause of stillbirth worldwide, acc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new app allows users to self-test for HIV, which has proven to help positive patients get access to medical care and c
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 08, 2021
Health & Medicine
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a significant issue in the United States and abroad. According to the CDC, the term &
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
MAY 26, 2021
Microbiology
Foodborne illness can be prevented by cooking meat to a proper temperature and avoiding cross-contamination. But when th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Forget lab-based tests—a new portable microfluidic device links to a mobile app, diagnosing gonorrhea in just 15 m
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 01, 2021
Plants & Animals
For more than thirty years, scientists have tried to solve the mystery of the high prevalence of cancer among wild Calif
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 21, 2021
Microbiology
A mouse model has shown that it's possible to clear a multi-drug resistant gonorrhea with only one dose of antibioti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2021
Cancer
In an effort to better understand how human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination varies by geography, researchers from VCU M
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 12, 2021
Cancer
New research published recently in the online edition of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Soc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization estimates that over 500 million people have Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2), a sexuall
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 18, 2020
Microbiology
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterium: Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Its origins ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch