The infection is not fatal but can cause permanent scarring. Medical experts are warning doctors and the public of a highly contagious rare fungal strain after a sexually transmitted ringworm has ...

Health experts are warning of new and highly contagious fungal strains after an NYC man in his 30s developed a sexually transmitted form of ringworm — the first reported case in the US.

Health officials say a woman died this spring from a disseminated gonococcal infection, a rare but severe complication of ...

A lawsuit filed on Monday in Jackson County alleges that University Health failed to protect a former patient from sexual ...

The first case of a sexually transmitted fungal infection, Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII, has been found in the United States. The illness is a type of ringworm that is hard to treat and ...

Sexually transmitted infection rates rose in 2021, ... accounted for 1.6 million of the more than 2.5 million reported cases of sexually transmitted infections nationwide in 2021.

A new “opt-out” approach to sexually transmitted infection testing at Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino ...

Syphilis is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection that, if left untreated, can lead to serious health issues, the World Health Organization states. It is transmitted during oral, ...

Public battles over what schools can teach about sex, identity and relationships, often framed around "parental rights," have ...

Skin-on-skin transmission during sex is a sexually transmitted infection. In the U.S., we have trouble talking about sex in general and gay sex in particular.

Brotman also warned that classifying BV as a sexually transmitted infection needs to be approached carefully, "as it could unintentionally reinforce stigma associated with sexual activity and BV.

It comes as experts warned the level of sexually transmitted infections in England remains a "big threat to sexual wellbeing" ...