Prejudice and stigma can discourage the communities most affected by infectious diseases from seeking care. Inclusive public health messaging can prevent misinformation and guide the most vulnerable.
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You can have this STI without knowing it, or have symptoms, it can affect men and women, and it can be treated with antibiotics. Left untreated, it may cause complications.
Trust in the confidentiality of contact tracing broke down during the AIDS epidemic. Today, it’s faltering again.
Many teens and college students are continuing to hook up and attend gatherings. Peer pressure and the way younger minds interpret risk could be to blame.
Sex isn’t always straightforward – especially not when you first start ‘doing it’. If you experience pain ‘down there’ after sex, you may need to have a medical checkup.
Gonorrhoea has seen a sharp increase in diagnosis rates, of up to 94% in some groups.
HIV, STIs and other dangerous infections are feeding off of the opioid epidemic, creating an even more complicated threat to public health.
Double standards about sexual activity not only make life difficult, but they also complicate STD research. As we observe STD Awareness Month, it’s good to think about how to get to the truth.
A new study has found rates of genital warts have decreased significantly since the HPV vaccine was introduced.
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Global Health and Director, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Program Head of Surveillance Evaluation and Research, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Fellow at Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The University of Melbourne
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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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Professor, Head of Research Translation and Head of the Genital Mycoplasma and Microbiota Group, Monash University
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Provost and Executive Vice President, University of Montana
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
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Dean and Professor of Public Health, The Ohio State University
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Professor Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University
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Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
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Media and Communications Manager, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Research Officer, UNSW Sydney
