DOCTORS are prescribing antibiotics for tens of thousands of patients with infections, with little or no consideration of ...

In the last year, the FDA has approved two STD tests for at-home use that allow women to get fast diagnoses for syphilis, ...

There are many long-term effects of untreated STIs. However, many infected people have no STI symptoms, making getting tested ...

I TURNED 45 last week and it got me reflecting on age and health. I saw a social media post saying scientists had found that ...

Bacterial skin infections can happen when bacteria enter the body due to a break in the skin. Different types of skin infections include methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), impetigo, ...

If you’ve ever had a urinary tract infection (UTI), you know how painful and frustrating it can be, especially if it keeps coming back. Technically, a UTI can happen anywhere in your urinary ...

First, the bacteria are changing. Some new strains seem to cause more skin infections, and some are getting harder to treat. They’re resisting antibiotics we’ve relied on, like macrolides and ...

"Efforts to reduce risk factors, including underlying skin breakdown and infections, particularly for groups with the highest disease incidence, will be critical to change the trajectory of ...

skin and extracutaneous infections compared to biologics,” the authors wrote. These findings, they added, “provide more insight and new perspectives regarding the incidence and burden of ...

The most common adverse events were nasopharyngitis, upper respiratory tract infections, and gastrointestinal events. The researchers concluded, “ICO [icotrokinra] demonstrated significantly higher ...