In the 17th century, patches were used to conceal blemishes like the scars left by diseases like smallpox or even syphilis.

Health officials have confirmed the first case of mpox in a northern US state since 2023. They say the risk to the public is ...

BDX expands its BD MAX menu in Europe with IVDR-approved respiratory and STI assays, boosting system utility and reinforcing ...

So it is worth studying the last time America took over 2m sparsely populated, richly endowed, strateg­ically located square kilometres. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson pulled off the Louisiana ...

Researchers found that during sex, the women burned an average of 3.1 calories per minute, while the men burned 4.2. On the ...

For the first time in decades, the US Food and Drug Administration has signed off on new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea. The ...

If you are reading this, you are almost certainly fortunate -- the last 80 years are the longest period without a war between ...

Most sexually transmitted diseases do not live long enough on a toilet seat to hurt you. For example, Healthline reports that HIV dies almost instantly once it dries in the air. This makes it ...

Syphilis spreads primarily through vaginal, anal or oral sex, Shen explains. Condoms greatly reduce risk, but they do not ...

University of Alberta-led research reports that new cases of syphilis dropped in Alberta following the introduction of rapid ...

The measles outbreak in the United States is now in its 11th month, with almost 2,000 cases. The Timmons family were some of ...