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STD Awareness: Is There a Vaccine for Syphilis?
Before antibiotics, syphilis was the most feared sexually transmitted disease (STD) out there. It was easy to get, quack cures were ineffective and often unpleasant, and it could lead to blindness,...
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Some Good News About Three Sexually Transmitted Viruses
Scientists are hard at work finding ways to improve your health! With so much bad news emblazoned across headlines in every newspaper you look at, the world might seem like a gloomy place. So let’s...
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STD Awareness: Is HPV Now a “Men’s Disease”?
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is most notorious for causing cervical cancer — making it, in many people’s minds, a “women’s disease.” But this gender-blind sexually transmitted virus can cause cancer...
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STD Awareness: Fighting Cervical Cancer Across the World
Tomorrow kicks off World Immunization Week, a reminder that, just as disease can cross borders, so should our efforts to prevent it. Especially when we have an effective vaccine for one of the world’s...
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STD Awareness: Eliminating HPV-Related Cancers
Earlier this month, every major cancer center and organization in the country released a joint statement calling for the elimination of cervical cancer, along with all other HPV-related cancers. The...
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STD Awareness: Can Older Adults Receive the HPV Vaccine?
When the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines were introduced, a lot of people were excited about protection from a sexually transmitted virus that could cause cancers, including cervical cancer, anal...
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STD Awareness: The Long Road to a Chlamydia Vaccine
Earlier this year, television personality John Oliver was the butt of an elaborate prank orchestrated by actor Russell Crowe. It started with an auctioned jock strap, and ended with Crowe funding the...
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STD Awareness: Searching for an HIV Vaccine
Ever since the dawn of the AIDS era, researchers have worked nonstop to develop an HIV vaccine. In 1984, Margaret Heckler of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services famously (over)promised...
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