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8 symptoms of the most common STDs explained
Millions of people are diagnosed with an STD every year. They're typically spread during vaginal, o…
Julia Naftulin
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Monkeypox doesn't spread easily via air like COVID-19, says US Centres for Disease Control
Amid the recent scare of monkeypox spreading rapidly to over a dozen countries, the US Centers for …
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Stop linking monkeypox to gay and bisexual men, disease experts say: This virus spreads via contact, regardless of who you are
Some health officials are studying monkeypox clusters in men who have sex with men, but a CDC offic…
Hilary Brueck
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5 facts you need to know about the monkeypox outbreak as the virus spreads in US and Europe
Monkeypox, which can cause pus-filled boils, is spreading in the US and Europe. Here's what you nee…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Doctors fear that a common sexually transmitted disease that is treatable today will become unstoppable
Gonorrhea infects an estimated 820,000 American's each year, and doctors are worried about the incr…
Jacqui Frank,Jessica Orwig
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A sexually transmitted disease we thought was dying out is back with a vengeance
A quick refresher: Syphilis, also known as "the pox," is an infection that can be transmitted throu…
Sarah Kramer
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A sexually transmitted disease the world thought it eradicated is coming back at an alarming rate
That's the same line he's heard on Capitol Hill for the last half-decade of austerity budgets in Co…
Olga Khazan and Russell Berman
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Tell-tale signs of pelvic inflammatory disease and how it's diagnosed
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) can happen if you let an STI go untreated. It results in a fever,…
Erin Heger,Lauren Demosthenes
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Is sex addiction real? How to know if you have compulsive sexual behavior and when it may be problematic
Sex addiction is a type of compulsive behavior disorder that could be the sign of a more serious un…
Jenna Birch,Shannon Ullman,Ro…
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How to spot monkeypox in a potential sexual partner, as cases spread and the US declares an emergency
Monkeypox is not a sexually-transmitted disease, but people have been catching it during sex. Here'…
Marianne Guenot
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A $111 million health startup dubbed the 'Uber for birth control' is expanding into a sensitive new area: sexually-transmitted infections
This expansion is the first new move by Nurx since a searing New York Times exposé about it was pub…
Emma Court
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Billionaire investor Charlie Munger compares crypto to a venereal disease and says the US should ban it
Warren Buffett's business partner said some people welcome crypto's usefulness in committing crimes…
Hamza Fareed Malik
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LA prosecutors are considering charges against Diplo after a woman accused the DJ of sexual misconduct and posting nude photos of her online
A police investigation stemmed from claims made by a woman who alleges Diplo pursued her for sex wh…
Jacob Shamsian
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R. Kelly paid $200,000 to settle a lawsuit with a woman who said he gave her herpes, she testified
"Kate" told the court that she expressed concerns over STDs to Kelly several times, but he still wo…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Peeing in cups and a forced abortion: R. Kelly accuser details what it was like to live with the singer as a teen in shocking testimony
A woman told the jury how she became ensnared in Kelly's orbit at age 17 and learned to abide by th…
Jacob Shamsian,Haven Orecchio…
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R. Kelly's trial begins with lawyers asking to dismiss charges that the singer knowingly gave women herpes and a prospective juror mistaking him for cartoonist R. Crumb
R. Kelly's lawyers argued that while knowingly giving someone syphilis or gonorrhea is a crime, giv…
Jacob Shamsian,Haven Orecchio…
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5 ways people could transmit the coronavirus — from respiratory droplets to semen — ranked in order of risk
The coronavirus has one main mode of transmission: respiratory droplets. But live virus has been fo…
Holly Secon,Aylin Woodward
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The first case of female-to-male sexually transmitted Zika has been reported in NYC
One reason Zika is troubling - especially in cases of sexual transmission - is because it can cause…
Lydia Ramsey
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Chlamydia often doesn't show symptoms - here are the best ways to tell if you have this serious STI
Symptoms of chlamydia include abnormal discharge and pelvic pain, however, chlamydia doesn't have m…