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NIH Provides $10.7M Grant For Gonorrhea Vaccine Development

A $10.7 million National Institutes of Health grant has been approved in the hopes to develop a gonorrhea vaccine.

Mark Riegel, MD

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Syphilis Hit Rural Missouri Hard, Surpassing Bigger Cities

Syphilis Hit Rural Missouri Hard, Surpassing Bigger Cities

Cities such as Kansas City and St. Louis were once known as having the largest syphilis populations, but a recent report from Kaiser Health News shows that the trend has reversed.

Mark Riegel, MD

Guam, U.S. See Rise In Common 3 STDs

Guam, U.S. See Rise In Common 3 STDs

The U.S. and its territory – Guam – have seen a rise in the three most common sexually transmitted diseases.

Mark Riegel, MD

Super Gonorrhea Cases Don’t Respond To Medications

Super Gonorrhea Cases Don’t Respond To Medications

Gonorrhea, also called “the clap” was first seen in Britain when an infected British woman had unprotected sex with a man who came back from Ibiza.

Mark Riegel, MD

Trump’s Plan To Eradicate HIV Not Possible With STD Control

Trump’s Plan To Eradicate HIV Not Possible With STD Control

In 2000, America had just about eradicated congenital syphilis. However, since 2012, the number of congenital syphilis cases (babies born with the disease) has been rising with some places seeing a crisis-level outbreak.

Mark Riegel, MD

Nashua Officials Hold Valentine’s Day Event Screening For STDs

Nashua Officials Hold Valentine’s Day Event Screening For STDs

Nashua Division of Public Health and Community Service offered free STD testing Valentine’s Day to ensure residents enjoyed a disease-free holiday with its “Give Your Valentine Anything But Love” event.

Mark Riegel, MD

Animals Can Get Non-Sexual Form Of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea

Animals Can Get Non-Sexual Form Of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea

You may never have considered the possibility that your dog would need to be checked for sexually transmitted diseases.

Mark Riegel, MD

STDs Making Unacceptable Comeback

STDs Making Unacceptable Comeback

Most people love to hear a good comeback story, but they don’t want to hear about an STD comeback. However, this is what the people in the U.S. are facing – a swift and steep comeback of sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia.

Mark Riegel, MD

Abstinence-Only Does Not Work; Vaccinations and Sex Talks Imperative To Protect Teens

Abstinence-Only Does Not Work; Vaccinations and Sex Talks Imperative To Protect Teens

With so much information and treatment for STDs available, one would assume that they’d be wiped out, but that doesn’t appear to be the case.

Mark Riegel, MD

FDA Has Approved Gardasil Use For Adults Up To 45-Years-Old

FDA Has Approved Gardasil Use For Adults Up To 45-Years-Old

Up until now, the drug Gardasil was only approved for teenagers and young adults. However, the FDA recently changed that with its approval of Gardasil 9, a supplemental application that allows individuals – men and women between 27 and 45 years of age – to get the drug.

Mark Riegel, MD

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