CDC purges STD and vaccine info after Trump gender order
Health experts say the website purge could result in deaths.
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Health experts say the website purge could result in deaths.
Health officials have warned for years about a growing syphilis epidemic, and 2022 had the highest numbers in decades.
The approach to fighting sexually transmitted infections has been nicknamed "Doxy-PEP."
Rates of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea all rose in the U.S. in 2021, according to the latest CDC data.
Massachusetts has identified two cases so far that were infected by the strain, which appears to have developed some resistance to ceftriaxone.
Health officials say they are seeing an increase in rare and severe complications from untreated gonorrhea in recent months.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation targets them in billboards and bus benches that are aimed at reminding users about the risks of casual sex and offering free STD tests.
Sacramento County's health department will begin distributing a take-home STD test for women that won't cost users a penny.
California prisoners have unprotected sexual contact, forced or consensual, even if both are illegal, and this reality often leads to the spread of HIV and other diseases in prisons and in communities where felons are paroled.
Los Angeles County officials hope to reduce the number of young women with chlamydia and gonorrhea by launching a series of high tech kiosks to distribute home testing kits.
