Cases of gonorrhea and syphilis skyrocketed between 2022 and 2023 in European Union/European Economic Association countries, reported the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in its latest Annual Epidemiological Reports on sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Between 2014 and 2023, the ECDC reported a 321% increase in cases of gonorrhea, a 100% increase in … Read more
Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) has the potential to substantially reduce real-world population-level incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a study in JAMA Internal Medicine suggested. This conclusion was reached by Stephanie E. Cohen, MD, medical director of the San Francisco City Clinic, Department of Public Health in San Francisco, and colleagues after examining STI trends … Read more
Every week, 4000 young cisgender women aged 15-24 years contract HIV globally, according to 2023 data. Infections in this age group accounted for 44% of the new global infections that year, highlighting the vulnerability of this population to AIDS. Despite these alarming figures, awareness of and access to preventive measures, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) … Read more