Here’s the problem with all those scary stories and photos you might remember from Sex Ed class: They’re misleading. It’s very possible to have STDs with no symptoms, so telling teens that they’ll be ...

Simply put, because "STDs are biologically and psycho-socially sexist at all levels," said Dr. Hunter Handsfield, a professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Washington Center for AIDS and ...

Despite increased education and awareness, the rate of sexually transmitted diseases in America is slowly rising. In fact, STDs cost the U.S. health care system roughly $16 billion each year, ...

Scientists have released evidence of a new gonorrhea "superbug" -- one resistant to all forms of antibiotics that are currently available for treatment. Although many observers from the scientific ...

Over the years, most of these columns have been G rated. Don’t worry, this one’s not really any more than PG-13; but it is about a delicate subject, so if your kids read the paper, talk this through ...

IDK about you, but it seems like a new sexually transmitted disease pops up every other day-so when a new one reportedly started making the rounds in 2010, it didn't seem that far-fetched. The one in ...

The main thing to know about chlamydia symptoms is that most people don’t notice any. The fact that chlamydia is a so-called silent illness is one big reason that the disease has become so common. It ...

America is in the middle of an epidemic of sexually transmitted infections, and when it comes to heterosexual transmission, it’s hitting women the hardest. Why is that? Simply put, because “STDs are ...

CNN — America is in the middle of an epidemic of sexually transmitted infections, and when it comes to heterosexual transmission, it's hitting women the hardest. Why is that? Simply put, because "STDs ...