"The explosion in STDs comes on the heels of years of cutbacks in federal funding," Harvey said. "Federal STD funding has seen a 40 percent decrease in purchasing power since 2003. That means state and local health departments are working with budgets that are effectivel...
The article discusses the rising rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the U.S. as of 2016. Topics covered include the decline in use of condoms which offer significant protection against STDs such ...
Credit: CDC The big three bacteria of sexually transmitted diseases — chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis—are on the rise according the Center for Disease Control. A report issued last week shows that reported infections of all three increased in 2015 to an all-time high. David Gondek, an assi...
Here’s hoping VivaGel lives up to its claims and makes its way across the pond — and that the condom doesn’t break. Because, despite the best intentions of our high-school health teachers, STIs are on the rise. According to a recent report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
Unlike GU chlamydia is on the rise in Japan and the main source of infection is now in the general female population rather than the CSW population. The PCR method has proven more effective for chlamydia detection than the EIA or DNA probe method. SPFX and CAM have been effective against ...
With sexually transmitted diseases on the rise, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago think they might have a powerful new weapon to fight their spread: Google searches. The nation's leading search engine has quietly begun giving researchers access to itsdatatroves to develop analytic...
Toward the middle and end of this period, the viral load begins to rise and the CD4+ cell count begins to drop. The World Health Organization (WHO) sub-classifies this period into three stages based on the CD4+ cell count of the individual: STAGE 1: the CD4+ cell count is at least ...
the infection to others. Its stealth infection rate within the United States is the cause of the sharp rise in new cases. Our home Chlamydia STD test kit detects Chlamydia infections. Chlamydia can be easily treated with antibiotics once detected. If left untreated Chlamydia can go on to cause...
In addition to being more interested in sex and also more able to sexually perform, today’s seniors are woefully undereducated about STDs on every level (signs, symptoms, etc.). They seem to believe that ifpregnancyis not an issue, game on! The children and grandchildren of thes...
Whether you want to blame Grindr, Tinder, or just a general movement towards a sex positive society, one fact is pretty indisputable —sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise. While our willingness to experiment with different relationships can be seen as a sort of progress and indeed, fe...