We might not talk about it. In fact, the mere thought of it can cause many to blush. And sex can mean different things to different people.

Women can safely skip the unpleasant speculum-based exam for human papillomavirus screening and instead test for the virus ...

The PCR-based point-of-care assays, which return results within 20 minutes, have received regulatory approval from the US Food and Drug Administration earlier this year.

Self-collected testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) appears to be acceptable to adolescents and young adults, ...

Despite concerns about proper use and test accuracy, more than 90% of young persons would use self-collection kits.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hundreds of millions of new cases of bacterial sexually transmitted ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hundreds of millions of new cases of bacterial sexually transmitted ...

Cases of bacterial sexually transmitted infections are on the rise worldwide. An international team led by the University of Zurich has now developed a new method for genome sequencing and discovered ...

Recently, more and more sexually transmitted diseases have been registered in Europe. As well as causing unpleasant symptoms, they can also have a ...

Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, acting medical officer of health in Chatham-Kent, told the area's board of health that "gonorrhea, ...

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