The number of STIs declined almost 2% from 2022 to 2023, a sign that the dramatic rise in STIs since 2011 might be leveling off.
Health officials say the STI epidemic is at a tipping point, with more federal support needed for testing and treatment.
The FDA said the test offers a private and quick testing option, along with streamlined treatment, if needed.
Guidelines published yesterday by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) contain three new recommendations for treating adults who have Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).
A modeling study that incorporated air movement patterns from farms affected early in the highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza outbreak that hit US poultry in 2015 suggests that most affected farms in Iowa may have received airborne virus from farms within and outside the state.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) released a new Zika risk assessment today, concluding that, while transmission has slowed in the Americas, the virus is widespread in Asia.
The assessment was conducted, in part, to update travel guidelines for Europeans visiting a country with endemic Zika or experiencing an outbreak.
The CDC issued a foreboding warning, noting that all progress made toward STD elimination in the United States has lost traction.
Syphilis cases jumped 19%, gonorrhea increased by 12.8%, and chlamydia by 5.9% from 2014.
