Syphilis cases have increased 30% among 15- to 24-year-olds in Philadelphia since 2019, while cases of gonorrhea are up 18%. Chlamydia cases have decreased but remain high.
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With the alarming rise in syphilis cases in recent years, it’s important to know what it is, how it’s spread and who is most at risk.
The archival trove chronicles the extreme measures administrators took to ensure Black sharecroppers did not receive treatment for the venereal disease.
Unlike many eye conditions, ocular syphilis is a highly treatable disease. But it needs to be correctly identified.
Two Victorian STIs are back – here’s how you can protect yourself.
Monkeypox is not considered an STI but is spreading among sexual partners. Adding sexual health strategies to the public health response is helpful, but there is a danger of stigmatizing MPXV.
The idea that Europeans brought new diseases to the Americas and returned home with others has been widely accepted. But evidence is mounting that for syphilis this scenario is wrong.
Saskatchewan leads the country in preventable, opportunistic illnesses enabled by poverty. With recent changes to income support programs and increased housing instability, things are getting worse.
Smallpox, tuberculosis, measles, syphilis … a new book describes how recurring epidemics nearly wiped out Australia’s First Peoples.
Reluctance to take the vaccine may not be as unique to Black and Asian communities as it seems
Trust in the confidentiality of contact tracing broke down during the AIDS epidemic. Today, it’s faltering again.
It is generally assumed that this disease-control technique goes back to the 1840s, but it’s actually much older.
Recent discoveries on the effects of live attenuated vaccines challenge the current vaccine paradigm and question vaccination policies.
STI prevention was largely driven by HIV prevention. With changes in HIV prevention initiatives that don’t really take into account other STIs, there’s need to refocus STI prevention.
As ophthalmologists, we’ve noticed an uptick in cases of vision problems caused by syphilis. Practising safe sex is important for our eye health too.
Modern factors are seeing a revival of the STI that was once consigned to history.
Gonorrhoea has seen a sharp increase in diagnosis rates, of up to 94% in some groups.
NSW has changed its laws imposing criminal penalties on someone with an STI who doesn’t take “reasonable precautions” to not infect their sexual partner.
The annual surveillance report of sexually transmissible infections and blood borne viruses in Australia has found notifications of sexually transmissible infections are on the rise in Australia.
Most people are aware of the benefits of breastmilk, but few are aware of the risks.
Principais colaboradores
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
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Director of POCHE Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
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Infectious Diseases Physician, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney; Scientia Professor, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Program Head of Surveillance Evaluation and Research, UNSW Sydney
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Epidemiologist, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Deputy Director, Intellectual Forum at Jesus College in the University of Cambridge, and Researcher for the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, University of Cambridge
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Professor, Head of Population and Preventive Health, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Research scientist, Columbia University
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Research Fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Reader in Evolutionary Ecology, Queen Mary University of London
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Masters of Applied Epidemiology (MAE) Scholar, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National Univeristy (ANU), Australian National University
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Associate Professor and Head of the Surveillance and Evaluation Program for Public Health at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Eye & Vision Health, Flinders University
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Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
