Study highlights benefits and risks of doxy-PEP for STI prevention
Taking a dose of the oral antibiotic doxycycline after a high-risk sexual encounter has dramatically reduced the incidence of sexually ...
Tag: Syphilis
NIAID awards grants for 10 projects to improve diagnostic tools for syphilis
The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded grants for 10 projects to ...
Out for blood? For routine lab work, the hospital billed her $2,400
Reesha Ahmed was on cloud nine. It was January and Ahmed was at an OB-GYN's office near her home in ...
Pregnant and addicted: Homeless women see hope in street medicine
Five days after giving birth, Melissa Crespo was already back on the streets, recovering in a damp, litter-strewn water tunnel, ...
Cracking syphilis code: Genome sequencing reveals transmission secrets
A recent Lancet Microbe study used whole genome sequencing to gain epidemiological insights into syphilis transmission. Study: Genomic epidemiology of syphilis in ...
Post-exposure doxycycline approach leads to two-thirds reduction in STI incidence
The oral antibiotic doxycycline prevented the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) when tested among men who have sex with ...
Monkeypox infection in a smallpox-vaccinated patient
In a recent study published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, researchers at Madigan Army Medical Center assessed the characteristics ...
A dermatological approach to diagnosing monkeypox
The monkeypox outbreak has drawn the attention of scientists, as the virus can spread rapidly through close contact, respiratory droplets, ...
Study finds link between congenital syphilis and socioeconomic factors in small/medium California counties
Congenital syphilis (CS) is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that passes from a mother to her child during pregnancy or ...
