PPIL to offer free monthly STI testing
Planned Parenthood of Illinois will start to offer free sexually transmitted infection testing at all its clinics.
CDC Proposes ‘Morning After’ Pill to Prevent STIs
The CDC has moved to recommend doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for gay and bisexual men and transgender women to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs). With a growing body of evidence showing the antibiotic’s effectiveness for the indication, the agency developed the proposed guideline and posted it to Regulations.gov on Monday, with a 45-day comment period. […]
Some Common And Not So Common STDs
Like many great things in life, sex has a not-so-glamorous side. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are the uncomfortable (and sometimes painful and ugly) side effect of getting your freak on.
Acceptance of Vaginal Ring and Oral PrEP Increasing in Young African Women
By and large, young women and adolescent girls in Africa use and accept new methods of preventing sexually transmitted HIV, researchers reported. Of the 247 adolescent girls and young women who participated in the REACH-034 trial, 77.8% had at least moderate adherence to use of the monthly dapivirine-eluting vaginal ring and 58.6% had at least […]