The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released guidelines for using the antibiotic doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent sexually transmitted infections – an ...

The CDC finalized new guidelines that recommend doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxy PEP) for at-risk gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) to ...

The recommended dose of doxycycline for PEP is 200mg taken within 72 hours after sex. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending the use of doxycycline postexposure ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Less than 3% of patients tested for chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis were also tested for HIV in the ED. The CDC ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients often received treatments that are not recommended by the CDC, particularly azithromycin. Keeping up ...

Amid the disturbing news about public health in the United States, there may be some good news about sexually transmitted infections. On Sept. 24, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — With bacterial sexually transmitted infections of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis on the rise, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Tuesday announced approval of a new ...

The U.S. has seen a 90% increase in sexually transmitted infections from 20 years ago, but federal officials say the epidemic may finally be slowing. Health officials also flagged one "crisis" that ...

How many vaccinations your child gets from birth through 12th grade may soon change after the CDC issued new guidelines.

Dr. Jay K. Varma is a special contributor to Healthbeat. Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. Amid the disturbing news about public health in the ...