BRITS have been warned that a rapidly spreading sexually transmitted tummy bug is a “threat” to public health. Shigella is a ...

Variants of Shigella, which can cause bloody or prolonged diarrhoea, are causing more disease and growing more ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new database that organization officials hope will help improve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The opening of the CDC's 2022 STD Surveillance Report hints at experts growing weary of failing to stop this mounting STI crisis. ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new global database on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections ...

Forty-two babies in Australia died from congenital syphilis between 2011 and 2025, with the outbreak driving health workers into communities to raise awareness of the old-world disease.

Share on Pinterest New cases of chlamydia and syphilis may be stabilizing in the U.S., while gonorrhea cases have declined for two consecutive years. Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post via Getty ...

Sexually transmitted cases of bacterial gut infection shigella are spreading rapidly, a study has found - with experts ...

A “cluster” of eye syphilis cases have been found in Michigan, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This week, the agency reported five cases of eye — or “ocular” — syphilis ...

Close up of elderly couple holding hands and walking outdoors. Rear view of man and woman holding hands of each other while walking outdoors. Sexually transmitted infections are a major public health ...

The shigella infection, which causes severe diarrhoea and stomach pain, has been identified as a "distinct public health threat” by experts.

Instead of simply treating sexually transmitted infections with antibiotics, a new public-health movement seeks to use one such medication to prevent STIs in the first place. Promising research into ...