An STD is an infection that you get from someone else by having sex. You can get an STD by having vaginal sex (penis in the vagina), anal sex (penis in the rectum), or oral sex (penis in the mouth ...

San Francisco was the highest ranking California city on Innerbody Research’s list of the U.S. cities with the highest STI rates, landing at No. 10. For every 100,000 people in the Bay Area city, ...

Research suggests that certain sexually transmitted infections can damage brain cells and trigger chronic inflammation, which may significantly increase the risk of developing dementia.

A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be ...

Jon Hamm hosts a brilliantly funny Saturday Night Live that takes a deep dive into Trump's tariffs, including a look at how they impact "check-to-check" Americans, while Trump himself enters The White ...

I have been with my boyfriend for 3½ years. Before me, he was known for sleeping around. He has never cheated on me that I am aware of, but when we go to social gatherings (or just out), ...

'I was stuck with a lifelong STI because we made one stupid decision and he made an even worse selfish one by not wearing a ...

A rare policy quirk in Wales offered scientists an accidental natural experiment—and what they found could reshape how we ...

Recent estimates suggest that about 7.4% of adults over 60 or 88 lakh people are living with dementia in India.

You can get tested for HIV and other STDs at your doctor’s office, a community health clinic, the health department, or your nearest Planned Parenthood health center. You might want to get your HIV ...

Your doctor will let you know when you should get tested, and which tests make sense for you. Testing for other STDs isn’t usually part of your regular checkup or gynecologist exam — you have to ask ...

The herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 (HSV-1/-2 ... which found that chewing gum containing certain anti-virals can get rid of more than 95 percent of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in mouth swabs or saliva ...