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Plain-English deep dives on HIV, hepatitis, HPV, syphilis and more.
Health agencies worldwide are worried about mycoplasma genitalium because the bacterium has rapidly developed resistance to azithromycin - the drug that once cured it in a single dose - while remaining hard to detect and hard to treat.
Chlamydial urethritis is inflammation of the urethra caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, and in men it can spread beyond the urethra to cause painful complications: epididymitis (inflammation of the coil.
Yes. You can give hepatitis C to someone else, but only when your blood gets into their bloodstream.
No, HPV does not cause infertility in the usual sense. The virus itself isn't known to make people sterile, and most infections clear on their own within two years.
Yes, you can have a healthy pregnancy and a baby free of HIV.
Seven viruses are firmly linked to human cancers: human papillomavirus (HPV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8/KSHV), and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), and Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV).
Night sweats can be one of the earliest signs of HIV, usually showing up 2 to 4 weeks after infection as part of a flu-like illness called acute retroviral syndrome.
HIV in US prisons spreads the same way it does anywhere: through blood, semen, vaginal fluid, and rectal fluid, mainly via condomless sex, shared needles or tattoo equipment, and shared drug-injection gear.
Hepatitis A, B, and C are three separate viruses that all inflame the liver but behave very differently.
Autoimmune hepatitis and viral hepatitis B are different conditions, but they overlap in a way that matters: people with autoimmune disease who need immune-suppressing drugs can trigger hepatitis B re.
HIV criminalization refers to laws that make it a crime for a person with HIV to expose a partner to the virus, have sex without disclosing their status, or transmit HIV.
Vaginal pH shapes how easily HIV can establish infection during vaginal sex.