The Top 5 most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in the US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates there are more than 110 million sexually transmitted infections (STI) among men and women nearly split evenly. This number includes both new and existing More...
Herpes simplex vaccine candidate clinical trial launched
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced the launch of phase 1 clinical trials into an investigational genital herpes vaccine, More...
Seven out of 10 new gonorrhea infections in U.S. are in people ages 15-24: CDC
Seventy percent of new gonorrhea infections and 63 percent of new chlamydia infections in the United States are seen in young people ages 15-24, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control More...
Advances in herpes prevention and treatment- vaccines and nanoparticles
During the past few days, researchers from Yale University and biotech firm Agenus Inc. have made postive steps toward the prevention, treatment and symptom relief of the sexually transmitted viral infection, herpes More...
