In the last year, the FDA has approved two STD tests for at-home use that allow women to get fast diagnoses for syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea—three STDs with skyrocketing rates among midlife women ...

The editorial "No excuse for the high STD rate of American girls" (CT, March 14) does not allocate the causes of the problem equally and puts entirely too much blame on young women. The rate of STDs ...

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 ...

A study just released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea in the United States exceeded 1.4 million in 2007, with black women, ages 15 ...

Press release from Invigor Medical: A new study on behalf of Invigor Medical has identified the U.S. counties and states with the highest STD rates. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)—also referred ...

Nationally, women are about 10% more likely than men to be diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease. Across all age groups 13 years and over, there were 902.0 reported STD cases per 100,000 women ...