A MenB vaccine may also help curb drug-resistant gonorrhoea, linking two growing health threats and raising new questions about how vaccines are used.
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This is a significant scientific development, but several hurdles remain before we might see these antibiotics available for use.
The vaccine programme could prevent up to 100,000 gonorrhoea cases over the next decade.
The test involves taking a swab from the vagina, but otherwise is not dissimilar to a COVID test.
There are a number of possible reasons we’ve seen a rise in STIs among people over 50 in recent years.
Two Victorian STIs are back – here’s how you can protect yourself.
The US currently has only one antibiotic available to treat gonorrhea – and it’s becoming less effective.
The African continent has the highest burden of gonorrhoea worldwide. In South Africa alone, it’s estimated that more than 2 million new cases occur annually.
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.
Sex education in progressive countries like The Netherlands and Switzerland emphasizes intimacy, adventure and connection. Lower rates of teen pregnancy and sexual dysfunction ensue.
Without leading edge innovations and coordination, Canadians will die from the epidemic of antibiotic resistant infections.
As the WHO calls for urgency to address antibiotic resistance in gonorrhoea, new research shows that a vaccine developed against an unrelated disease offers protection.
When it comes to sexual health, public information has tended to focus on the young. Time for a change.
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.
Pelvic inflammatory disease’s traumatic consequences are unmatched by the low level of awareness around it. Left untreated, it can cause chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy and infertility.
The latest instalment of Australia’s annual report card on HIV, hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections has been released this morning. Here’s what experts make of the results.
Over the past few years we’ve seen a dramatic rise in the rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among Australians aged 60 years and older.
Sexuality is a means of pleasure, fulfilment and intimate connection with other humans. But it can also be a source of anguish. So it’s perhaps no surprise that of all the areas in health care, the “STI…
A fall in condom use across the population is driving strong growth in sexually-transmitted infections, according to one of the authors of an annual surveillance report released today. Syphilis diagnoses…
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW
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Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Professor of Psychology, University of New Brunswick
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Epidemiologist, The Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Adolescent Health, Co-Head of the General Practice Clinical School, University of Sydney
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Clinical Academic Research Fellow, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Program Head of Surveillance Evaluation and Research, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Head of the Surveillance and Evaluation Program for Public Health at the Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Associate professor, UNSW
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Infectious Diseases Physician, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney; Scientia Professor, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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La Trobe University