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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

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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

MDHHS Urges Residents To Get Tested For STDs

MDHHS Urges Residents To Get Tested For STDs

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services have urged its sexually-active residents to get regular STD testing after they’ve seen an increase in the number of sexually transmitted diseases hit the state.

Mark Riegel, MD

U.S. Territory Also Sees Rise In STD Numbers

U.S. Territory Also Sees Rise In STD Numbers

The numbers of sexually transmitted diseases on Guam has hit a record high.

Mark Riegel, MD

Doctors Uncomfortable Talking To Patients About STDs

Doctors Uncomfortable Talking To Patients About STDs

Julie Lopez, 21, gets regular testing for sexually transmitted diseases – has been since she was a teen. However, when she asked her primary care physician about getting tested, she said he was surprised.

Mark Riegel, MD

Arizona Sees Rise In Syphilis For Women and Babies

Arizona Sees Rise In Syphilis For Women and Babies

Arizona has seen an increase in syphilis cases – mostly in women and children – since 2015.

Mark Riegel, MD

Mississippi Battling High Instances of HIV; 300+ Cases in 2018

Mississippi Battling High Instances of HIV; 300+ Cases in 2018

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that there has been an alarmingly increasing number of STD cases in the U.S.

Mark Riegel, MD

Funding Needed To Combat Rise In Congenital Syphilis Cases

Funding Needed To Combat Rise In Congenital Syphilis Cases

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said over 900 babies born in the states were infected with syphilis in 2017. Since 2013, the number of babies with syphilis at the time of birth has doubled and is now at a 20-year high.

Mark Riegel, MD

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