Many health insurance plans are required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to cover certain STD screenings without ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) usually pass from one person to another through sexual contact. Examples include chlamydia, crabs, and genital herpes. Treatment can depend on the type of STI.

Cold sores, also known as oral herpes, can pass through sexual contact. However, they are not technically a sexually transmitted infection (STI), as people most often acquire cold sores through ...

The rise of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continues to pose threats. The prevalence of one uncurable STI in particular – genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 and 2 – is at a global high, ...

The idea that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) always announce themselves with uncomfortable or visible symptoms is a dangerous misconception that health experts are working to correct. Research ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Following a 2023 study ranking Columbus within the top 25 cities for STD (sexually transmitted disease) cases per every 100,000 people, a local university and the Columbus ...

Sexually transmitted disease (STD) diagnoses in the United States rose by 23.8% between 2020 and 2023 in people over the age of 65 — the largest percentage increase among the cohorts analyzed. A team ...

Not exactly. A peck on the mouth (or a full-blown, let-me-shove-my-tongue-down-your-throat makeout session) can actually transmit a couple different types of STDs [insert cringing emoji here]: Not ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - If you gathered 100 Mississippians in a room, statistically, at least 1 of them has an STD. The STD rate, depending on your source, is around 1,200 per 100,000 Mississippian, ...

Scientists have figured out how the dreaded herpes virus breaks into our cells. Herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) is mainly responsible for oral herpes. Around 67 percent of people aged under 50 worldwide ...