The US has recently experienced an STI boom, according to CDC data from 2021 which showed a 28% increase in gonorrhea cases and 74% spike in syphilis. In New York City alone, health officials ...

The CDC’s recent clinical guidelines recommend discussing doxy-PEP for STI prevention with certain populations. An expert described the conversations PCPs should be having with their patients.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its first proposed guidelines for using the antibiotic doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent sexually transmitted infections ...

June 06, 2024 To combat the spike in syphilis, the CDC now recommends using a common antibiotic as a 'morning after' drug The new guidelines are specific to certain people who are at higher risk ...

In the United States, there were approximately 1.6 million cases of chlamydia, 710,000 cases of gonorrhea and 176,000 cases of syphilis reported in 2021, according to the CDC.

Though the rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remains high in the U.S., the spread of syphilis appears to be slowing down according to new federal data showing that cases grew by only ...

Read on to see how STI infection rates in North Carolina compare nationally, and the top counties. Emma Rubin // Stacker State-level statistics – Chlamydia cases: 603.1 per 100K (#7 nationally ...

The case was shared at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday last week by Yang Chia-jui (楊家瑞), director of Far ...

#1. Honolulu County - Chlamydia cases: 472.3 per 100K people (4,727 cases) - Gonorrhea cases: 119.5 per 100K people (1,196 cases) - Syphilis cases (non-congenital): 31.4 per 100K people (314 cases ...

Most cases of syphilis are easily treated with penicillin. Yet, cases of the sexually transmitted disease rose 22% across Texas between 2020 and 2022, and have increased in Dallas County just ...

Billy F Blume Jr // Shutterstock #46. Burke County - Chlamydia cases: 691.1 per 100K people (168 cases) - Gonorrhea cases: 287.9 per 100K people (70 cases) - Syphilis cases (non-congenital): 45.2 ...