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Douching before receptive anal sex may damage the delicate lining of the rectum and flush out protective bacteria.

A quarter of study participants accounted for three-quarters of newly diagnosed cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.

Researchers suggest that using antiseptic mouthwash may mitigate this risk.

New HIV cases in the city remain higher than those in Los Angeles County and the state.

However, because this combo is not as effective as the current standard treatment, the search for new options continues.

The diagnosis rate fell by 50 percent in just two years among gay and bi men who attended sexual clinics at least twice in one year.

HIV, anti-vaxxers, dengue fever and weak primary health care make the World Health Organization’s list of priorities.

Having a rectal sexually transmitted infection is associated with a higher risk of testing positive for HIV in this population.

The CDC has issued increasingly urgent warnings about the possible emergence of drug-resistant strains of the STI.

But gay men living with untreated HIV did see higher viral loads if they also had a sexually transmitted infection, says a new study.

Meanwhile, new analyses of gonorrhea have raised concern at the CDC about emerging drug resistance.

Researchers found it remarkable that such a short intervention could have such a dramatically positive effect.

However, two similar cases have been reported in Australia.

April is STD Awareness Month.

U.K. public health officials have expressed great concern over this latest sign of evolution of the sexually transmitted infection.