Menopause increases your risk of STIs due to how aging changes your body

Older adults are at risk for contracting STDs – not only because of stigma and infrequent condom use, but also because of physical changes due to aging.

Thomas L. Cherpes, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, The Ohio State University • conversation
Aug. 1, 2024 ~5 min

Mpox, AIDS and COVID-19 show the challenges of targeting public health messaging to specific groups without causing stigma

Prejudice and stigma can discourage the communities most affected by infectious diseases from seeking care. Inclusive public health messaging can prevent misinformation and guide the most vulnerable.

Ken Ho, Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences • conversation
Dec. 14, 2022 ~9 min


These 4 steps could lead to detection of more STIs

A new study describes steps health care teams can take to identify and treat more sexually transmitted infections.

Andrew Smith-Rutgers • futurity
Oct. 12, 2022 ~5 min

Gonorrhea became more drug resistant while attention was on COVID-19 – a molecular biologist explains the sexually transmitted superbug

The US currently has only one antibiotic available to treat gonorrhea – and it’s becoming less effective.

Kenneth Keiler, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State • conversation
Oct. 5, 2022 ~8 min

Manuscripts and art support archaeological evidence that syphilis was in Europe long before explorers could have brought it home from the Americas

The idea that Europeans brought new diseases to the Americas and returned home with others has been widely accepted. But evidence is mounting that for syphilis this scenario is wrong.

Marylynn Salmon, Research Associate in History, Smith College • conversation
July 13, 2022 ~10 min

Why COVID-19 must be included in safer sex messaging on college campuses

Schools have not adequately educated students about the increased risks of virus transmission when it comes to being sexually intimate.

Michele R. Cooley-Strickland, Project Scientist and Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine • conversation
Dec. 2, 2021 ~9 min

Young American adults report having fewer sexual partners

A survey finds that fewer young adults report having more than one sexual partner in the last year and growth in the number who report abstaining.

Morgan Sherburne-Florida • futurity
Nov. 16, 2021 ~9 min

Drop in testing during COVID could lead to STI surge

Early in the pandemic, STI testing decreased 63% for men and 59% for women. "The quickest way for people to spread STIs is to not know that they have one."

Barbara Schindo-Penn State • futurity
June 7, 2021 ~6 min


Most young men skip HPV vaccine

Throat cancer is the No. 1 cancer HPV causes—and men make up 80% of those diagnosed. But most young men have not received the vaccine that can prevent it.

U. Michigan • futurity
April 28, 2021 ~5 min

Sex ed before ‘first sex’ may prevent teen pregnancy

New findings affirm that early sex ed before "first sex" can protect the sexual health of Black teen guys and their partners.

WaunShae Blount - Johns Hopkins • futurity
Sept. 21, 2020 ~9 min

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