Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Fewer Americans are getting herpes

(HealthDay)— Herpes infection rates are dropping among young Americans, and safer sex practices may be one reason why.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study: Site of first chlamydia exposure makes big difference

Exposing the gut to chlamydia protects against subsequent infection in the genital tract and other tissues, researchers from UT Health San Antonio discovered. Chlamydia is the nation's most common sexually transmitted disease ...

HIV & AIDS

Common birth control shot linked to risk of HIV infection

Transitioning away from a popular contraceptive shot known as DMPA could help protect women in Sub-Saharan Africa and other high-risk regions from becoming infected with HIV, according to a research review published in the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Herpes virus mutant points towards new vaccine strategy

A Northwestern Medicine study published in PLOS Pathogens describes a newly-designed mutant herpes virus called R2 that provides a strategy for the development of novel herpes virus vaccines.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Men with HPV are 20 times more likely to be reinfected after one year

A new analysis of genital human papillomavirus (HPV) in men shows that infection with one HPV type strongly increases the risk of reinfection with the same type. In fact, men who are infected with the type responsible for ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

HPV vaccine tied to reduced respiratory papillomatosis rate

(HealthDay)—The incidence of juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (JORRP) in Australia decreased from 2012 to 2016 after implementation of a quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program for ...

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