Self-sampling just as effective as speculum-based testing for HPV detection, suggests study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 Feb 2025 8:45 PM ISTGenital human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States and is thought to be responsible for more than 99%...
Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis effective strategy for reducing incidence of STIs, reveals research Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli9 Jan 2025 9:00 AM ISTResearchers have found in a new new study that Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis was effective strategy for reducing incidence of STIs The rates...
How doxycycline for STI prevention affects the gut microbiome, unravels research Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli4 Oct 2024 10:15 PM ISTTaking a dose of the oral antibiotic doxycycline after a high-risk sexual encounter has dramatically reduced the incidence of sexually transmitted...
FDA grants marketing authorization to First Syphilis Screening Test for At-Home Use Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli19 Aug 2024 10:15 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing authorization to NOWDiagnostics for the First To Know Syphilis Test. This is the first...
Hepatitis E may be sexually transmitted infection, claims study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli11 July 2024 8:00 PM ISTDiscovering that hepatitis E virus is associated with sperm in pigs suggests the virus may be both sexually transmitted and linked to male...
Sex hormones enhance gonorrhea's defense against antibiotics Anshika Mishra10 Feb 2024 9:15 AM ISTThe standard warning on oral contraceptives about not protecting against STIs takes on new significance with gonorrhea; the bacterium causing this...
Investigational antibiotic zoliflodacin promising treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea Niveditha Subramani7 Nov 2023 9:00 AM IST Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a growing global health threat. Approximately 82 million new gonorrhoea infections...
Study shows alarming global statistic 1 in 3 men harbors genital human papillomavirus Isra Zaman13 Sept 2023 9:15 AM ISTThe findings from a recent study published in The Lancet Global Health showed that almost one in three men worldwide are infected with at least one...
FDA grants fast-track designation to new gonorrhea vaccine Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 July 2023 9:45 AM ISTUSA: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to the investigational gonorrhoea vaccine developed by drugmaker...
Monkey pox arrives in India-Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Research Dr. Nandita Mohan22 Sept 2022 10:00 AM ISTA research that was recently released by researchers from Institute of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and it is...
Mycoplasma genitalium: An under-reported cause of sexually transmitted infection Dr Manoj Kumar Nayak13 Sept 2022 8:00 PM ISTMycoplasma genitalium: An under-reported cause of sexually transmitted infection Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted infection and the...
New Test may predict sensitivity of gonorrhea patients to Ciprofloxacin Hina Zahid9 Aug 2020 3:15 PM ISTA test designed by UCLA researchers can pinpoint which people with gonorrhea will respond successfully to the inexpensive oral antibiotic...
