Trust in the confidentiality of contact tracing broke down during the AIDS epidemic. Today, it's faltering again.

To stay a step ahead of the immune system and resist eradication, syphilis shuffles DNA in and out of a single gene, a new study shows.

Young sexual minority men need education about the risks, symptoms, and prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV), new research shows.

A protein called IL-36g could keep the herpes virus from spreading to the nervous system in women, researchers have discovered.

In animal tests, a new vaccine offered the strongest type of immunity against genital herpes.

New research on gonorrhea "suggests a way to halt the growth of this sexually transmitted infection in the host's body."

Teenage pregnancies, smoking rates, and sexually transmitted infection have all decreased, councils say

Doctors should instead focus on managing the common sexually transmitted infection once it has been diagnosed.

A protein called IL-36g could keep the herpes virus from spreading to the nervous system in women, researchers have discovered.