#syphilis

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

Outpacing the recent rise in all syphilis cases, congenital cases are at their highest rate in a generation.

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

Sixty percent of diagnoses of the STI in 2015 were among who have sex with men.

This is according to a new paper detailing a case study of a man whose long-term syphilis infection affected his brain.

April is STD Awareness Month.

This disparity in the syphilis diagnosis rate among men who have sex with men varies widely between states.

At least 125 people are included, but the city health department has not yet notified the public.

Rising gonorrhea among gay and bi men in particular is concerning given recent warnings about the emergence of drug-resistant strains.

The science behind Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis reveals an awesome tool that is apparently already helping shrink U.S. HIV rates.

A new CDC analysis found that the syphilis rate among MSM is about 100 times higher than among men with only female partners.

It is unclear how going on Truvada (tenofovir/emtricitabine) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) may have affected these rates.

However, might post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) against STIs impact resistance to antibiotics among infections like gonorrhea?

A modeling study suggests that HIV meds’ effects on the immune response may partially explain the recent rise in syphilis in gay and bi men.

“Bicillin is the only treatment for pregnant women with syphilis, and Pfizer has the exclusive patent.”