October 23, 2015 Syphilis cases on the rise in US men Although syphilis was nearly eliminated from the U.S.
October 23, 2015 Officials urge testing as Portland, Oregon sees rise in syphilis cases A spike in syphilis cases in Portland in the past three years has prompted concerned public health officials to urge more sexually active adults to get tested regularly for the treatable bacterial infection.
June 12, 2015 400,000 chlamydia infections undiagnosed in US, study finds Hundreds of thousands of Americans may have chlamydia – and they don’t even know it.
May 21, 2015 Johns Hopkins sued for $1B over Guatemala venereal disease study Johns Hopkins University is being sued by 750 plaintiffs seeking $1 billion in compensation for its alleged role in U.S. government experiments during the 1940s and 1950s that deliberately infected subjects with venereal diseases.
February 5, 2015 Drug-resistant gonorrhea 'superbug' hits Australia Australia has encountered the most drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea the country has ever seen.
February 5, 2015 Move to replace Pap smear with HPV test meets with skepticism U.S. health experts recommended that a test for cancer-causing strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) be approved to replace Pap smears in screening most women for cervical cancer, but the plan met with some skepticism within the medical community.
February 5, 2015 HPV test can replace Pap smear for women, FDA panel says For decades, Pap smears have been the first line of defense in screening women against cervical cancer. But now, an FDA committee has voted unanimously to replace the Pap smear with a DNA test designed to screen for human papilloma virus (HPV), MedPage Today reported.
