At-home STD tests and newly approved treatments are expanding options for screening, privacy and care as U.S. infection rates decline.

No one wants to hear that they’ve contracted a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Having one can mean discomfort, inconvenience, potential embarrassment and often requires putting intimacy on hold ...

A new class of antibiotic has been found to be safe and effective in treating gonorrhea in late-stage trials, according to a new study published Monday in The Lancet. The drug, called gepotidacin, ...

For the first time in decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has signed off on new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea. The approvals come at a critical moment: The sexually transmitted infection ...

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), also called sexually transmitted infections (STIs), are far more common than many ...

A woman in her 50s died from a rare complication of the bacterial STI this spring, the latest in a recent spike of similar cases in the state. Reading time 3 minutes A well-known sexually transmitted ...

Gepotidacin was noninferior to ceftriaxone plus azithromycin, achieving microbiological success in 92.6% of patients vs 91.2% in the comparator arm. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...