An antibiotic taken after sex without a condom can drastically reduce the rate of three bacterial STDs among high-risk groups, data from a clinical study showed Wednesday.

Sexually transmitted diseases or STDs (formerly called venereal diseases) are among the world's most common infectious diseases. These bacterial or viral diseases are spread through sexual contact.

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Louisiana has the highest STD rate in the US, with 1,106.9 cases per 100,000 residents, and is one of only five states where STD rates have increased in the last five years.

Many patients who present to the emergency department with a suspected sexually transmitted disease (STD) are treated with antibiotics, even though their cultures are ultimately negative for bacterial ...

The spread of monkeypox in the U.S. could represent the dawn of a new sexually transmitted disease, though some health officials say the virus that causes pimple-like bumps might yet be contained ...

The committee concludes that prevention of STDs is technically feasible today in the United States, but an effective national system for STD prevention currently does not exist, and, as a result, STDs ...

State ranks third nationally for combined bacterial STD rate, even as cases decline nearly 23% since 2019 ...

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