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    STIs/STDs

    Survey finds many have misconceptions about sexually transmitted infection risk

    LABline
    July 22, 2024
    This comes in the midst of a rising STI epidemic, including an 80% spike in syphilis.
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    STIs/STDs

    CDC’s 2022 STI Surveillance Report underscores that STIs must be a public health priority

    LABline
    Jan. 31, 2024
    Yet again, more than 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were reported in the United States.
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    STIs/STDs

    Optimizing STI testing with vaginal swab sampling

    Kyle Bukowski, MD
    Nov. 20, 2023
    Sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates are continuing to increase, especially among young people in their teens and early twenties. From 2020 to 2021, we have seen rates rise...
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    New research shows promising possibilities for at-home testing to detect sexually transmitted infections

    LABline
    July 25, 2023
    Two studies presented at 2023 AACC Annual Scientific Conference & Lab Expo.
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    HHS releases STI Federal Implementation Plan

    LABline
    June 9, 2023
    The new plan outlines federal actions to reduce the burden of sexually transmitted infections in the United States through 2025.
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    NIH-funded study finds doxycycline reduces sexually transmitted infections by two-thirds

    LABline
    April 10, 2023
    Participants were randomly assigned to receive either doxy-PEP or standard of care.
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    STIs/STDs

    Laboratory professionals can help reverse the rising trend in sexually transmitted infections

    Jennifer Balkus, PhD, MPH
    Sept. 21, 2022
    Every healthcare professional experienced the strain that the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic exerted across all aspects of patient care. In the fight against sexually transmitted infections...
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    STIs/STDs

    New strategies to tackle and end STIs epidemics

    LABline
    Sept. 16, 2022
    Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to cause high rates of infections worldwide.
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    Some studies show that vaginal swabs are more accurate than urine samples in detecting STIs, such as those caused by Mycoplasma genitalium bacteria, which is pictured here.
    STIs/STDs

    The role of the vaginal swab in providing comprehensive sexual healthcare for women

    Barbara Van Der Pol, PHD, MPH
    Nov. 23, 2021
    Sexual health is important for wellbeing and reproductive health, and includes the prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of urogenital infections in women. However, ...