If you have sex—oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse and genital touching—you can get an STD, also called a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Straight or gay, married or single, you're vulnerable to ...

More than 1.7 million cases of chlamydia were reported in 2018. About 580,000 gonorrhea cases were reported in 2018. About 35,000 cases of the most contagious forms of syphilis were reported in 2018.

Despite increased education and awareness, the rate of sexually transmitted diseases in America is slowly rising. In fact, STDs cost the U.S. health care system roughly $16 billion each year, ...

The U.N health agency says three common sexually-transmitted infections are increasingly resistant to antibiotics It’s calling on doctors and patients to make sure the right drugs and doses are used, ...

We didn't really need a better reason to practice safe sex, but a new report from the Centers for Disease Control strengthened our resolve. In the 2015 Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, ...

Chlamydia: It's one of the most common STIs in the United States, and yet 50% of men and 70-80% of women diagnosed with chlamydia report having no symptoms. Still, if left untreated for too long, ...

In the United States, drug-resistant gonorrhea is a public health problem of national concern. But untreatable gonorrhea isn't the only STD that has health officials worried, according to an NBC News ...

After sexually transmitted diseases fell during the early months of pandemic lockdowns and social distancing, the U.S. saw a resurgence of some of the most common infections through the end of 2020, ...

What’s more ubiquitous? STDs in women or Christian Louboutin stilettos? A man may want a mate who’s a good cook or has long leg or doesn’t have children, but does he ever think about adding “no STDs” ...