Sexually Transmitted Diseases

When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the “dominoes gang” in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Missouri, she assumed it had to do with pizza.Turns…

The St. Louis Department of Health's new director plans to make addressing the city's high rate of sexually transmitted diseases a top priority.Fredrick…

Gynecologists hope the federal Food and Drug Administration's decision to approve human papillomavirus vaccine for older adults could protect more people.…

The rate of syphilis cases in St. Louis County increased 42 percent between 2016 and 2017, the largest increase in at least five years, according to data…

The St. Louis region has long grappled with high rates of sexually transmitted infections, but an uptick in syphilis among women of child-bearing age is…

Rates of three common sexually transmitted diseases have risen to a record high level nationwide, and St. Louis continues to rank high among cities,…

Post updated 12/16/14 with response from St. Louis City Health Department.A new federal report shows that the city of St. Louis had the highest rate of…

St. Louis continues to have some of the highest rates of two common sexually transmitted diseases in the country.According to data released on Wednesday…

When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its most recent data on sexually transmitted infections, the numbers once again showed bad…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 4, 2012 - A physician at Washington University has come up with an indirect way to have frank…