England to launch 'world first' gonorrhea vaccination program
Health authorities in England on Wednesday announced the rollout of a world first vaccine program for gonorrhea, amid record levels of the sexually transmitted disease.
May 21, 2025
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USPSTF continues to recommend syphilis screening early in pregnancy
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for syphilis during pregnancy. This recommendation forms the basis of a final recommendation statement published online May 13 in the Journal of the American ...
May 13, 2025
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Children born with syphilis face sixfold higher risk of early hospitalization
Children born with syphilis are six times more likely to be admitted to hospital in their first five years of life compared to children not exposed to syphilis from their mother before birth, according to new research.
May 1, 2025
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FDA approves first at-home test to diagnose three STIs in women
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing authorization for the first home-based, nonprescription diagnostic test for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis in women, the agency announced Friday.
Apr 2, 2025
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White House halts long-running HIV research network for youth
A study funded by the National Institutes of Health that would test if an antibiotic can prevent sexually transmitted infections in women has been terminated by the Trump administration as part of its ongoing attempt to halt ...
Mar 27, 2025
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Trump cancels NIH grants on equity research
The Trump administration is canceling dozens of National Institutes of Health grants funding health equity research, including work studying Black maternal and fetal health and HIV.
Mar 25, 2025
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Researchers discover genomic immunity to koala retrovirus
New research into how a retrovirus is spreading across populations of wild koalas in Queensland, Australia is leading to a better understanding of the evolution of the animal's genome.
Mar 15, 2025
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COVID-19 is the latest epidemic to show biomedical breakthroughs aren't enough to eliminate a disease
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat that has killed over 7 million people to what most people regard today as a tolerable annoyance that doesn't require precaution. Nonetheless, ...
Mar 5, 2025
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We should care more about emerging infectious diseases, and the tools we need to fight them
Throughout human history, disease outbreaks have emerged and re-emerged. What's different now is that with global travel, outbreaks can move quickly among and between populations.
Feb 27, 2025
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Silencing science: How Trump is reshaping US public health
Medical researchers forced to compile national data by hand, silence on a major tuberculosis outbreak, and the erasure of gender references: the Trump administration has pushed the US public health system into uncharted territory.
Feb 3, 2025
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