Chlamydia is often called a “silent infection” because many people don’t know they have it. It’s caused by a type of bacteria called Chlamydia trachomatis and can affect both men and women. While it’s ...
"About 80% of people with chlamydia don't develop symptoms," notes Dr. Michael Shen, an internal medicine physician at NYC Health + Hospitals/Brooklyn. But when symptoms do occur, they typically ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A man in the Netherlands ended up suffering serious pneumonia after being infected with a bacteria strain not previously reported in humans. According to a March 2025 research ...
Illustration depicting a chlamydia-infected cell. Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria (represented by small dark spherical shapes colorized blue) undergo development within a membrane-enclosed "inclusion ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia, two common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), have risen noticeably in New York City, according to the newly-released 2023 data from the ...
As health care services begin offering doxycycline to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs), real-world evidence demonstrates that the postexposure strategy, called doxy PEP, is ...
Despite suspicions about an unfaithful partner, it is possible to get a sexually transmitted infection (STI) without cheating. This could be due to a long-standing infection that was never diagnosed ...