Health care providers should administer annual testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases to all of their male patients who have sex with other men, according to new CDC STD treatment and ...

The CDC has revised its 2006 guidelines for the treatment of persons who have or are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The new document has been in the works since CDC representatives ...

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It may seem like common sense but the Center for Disease Control is reminding folks to not wash or reuse condoms. "We say it because people do it: Don't wash or reuse condoms!," CDC's division of STD ...

The epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States appears to be cooling off after more than two decades, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study says.