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    STIs/STDs

    Special program on sexual and reproductive health reports on year of progress

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    April 16, 2024
    Generating evidence for proven solutions and lasting progress.
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    NIH-funded study finds doxycycline reduces sexually transmitted infections by two-thirds

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    April 10, 2023
    Participants were randomly assigned to receive either doxy-PEP or standard of care.
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    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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    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, ...
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    Abstaining from marijuana may improve epigenetic information in sperm

    Sept. 28, 2021
    While marijuana use may impact some genes linked to autism in men’s sperm, abstaining from cannabis consumption over time may significantly lower many of those effects, according...
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    Study finds key to Hepatitis C entry into cells

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    Sept. 27, 2021
    In a new paper published in Nature, scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), describe...
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    USPSTF issues screening recommendations for chlamydia and gonorrhea

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    Sept. 15, 2021
    The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released a final recommendation on screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea. The task force recommends screening for these infections...
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    CDC updates guidelines for STIs

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    Aug. 3, 2021
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated treatment guidelines for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and said providers may consider opt-out screening ...