Simply put, because “STDs are biologically and psycho-socially sexist at all levels,” said Dr. Hunter Handsfield, a professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Washington Center for ...

Any sort of sexual activity -- oral, anal or traditional intercourse -- comes with a risk of an STD. Half of all STDs in America occur in people under the age of 25. These are serious diseases ...

Because, although we're lucky to live in a modern world where many of these diseases have either cures or treatments, it's important to realize that not all STDs will make themselves known.

An STI is considered an STD when it causes symptoms. Usually, an infection is the first step in potentially developing a disease. Not all diseases start as infections. But in the case of STDs ...

Sexually transmitted diseases have hit an all-time high in America — with the frontier state ranking the most infected nationally, according to data from the Center for Disease Control.

The number of people in the U.S. with an STD recently hit an unprecedented high. Data released in October revealed that in 2015, there were increases in all nationally reported STDs for the second ...

Kalamazoo County has long had infection rates above the state average for all STDs, perhaps because of a jumble of contributing factors -- poverty, a college population, budget cuts in community ...

The increase in STDs among adults age 55 and older is prompting more doctors to have conversations with their patients at all ages about sexual health.