Mississippi experiences explosive growth in maternal syphilis. Read more: www.cidrap.umn.edu/sexually-tra...

The FDA recently approved a second new drug, zoliflodacin (Nuzolvence), for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea. Read more: www.contagionlive.com/view/fda-app...

FDA approves new drug to treat gonorrhea, which is notorious for developing resistance to medicines www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/f...

US FDA expands use of GSK's Blujepa as treatment for gonorrhea. Read more: www.reuters.com/business/hea...

A new strain of mpox has been detected in a person in England, say UK health officials. Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...

WHO warns of rising, worrisome levels of drug-resistant gonorrhea Data from a new surveillance report show rising resistance to ceftriaxone and cefixime, the two antibiotics currently recommended for gonorrhea treatment. www.cidrap.umn.edu/g...

Access uncertain for new injectable PrEP as the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) open enrollment begins. Read more: www.kff.org/hiv-aids/acc...

Antibody from Tanzanian woman suppresses almost all tested HIV variants including resistant viruses in pre-clinical study. Read more: www.aidsmap.com/news/nov-202...

New guidelines suggest treating male sexual partners to try to lower the risk of patients passing BV back and forth to each other. Read more: www.self.com/story/bacter...

Los Angeles County documents second case of locally acquired clade 1 mpox. Read more: www.cidrap.umn.edu/mpox/los-ang...

Ramifications from a shutdown on public health systems and programs will be felt far beyond Washington, halting almost all of the federal government’s nonessential functions, including many related to public health. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

The 2024 STI Surveillance Data was released today by the CDC! Cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and primary & secondary syphilis declined from the year prior, but are all at higher levels than they were ten years ago, signaling there's still progress to be made. Read more: www.cdc.gov/sti-statisti...

@ncsddc.bsky.social is implementing a coordinated national strategy to strengthen the disease intervention (DI) workforce by developing high-quality, standardized training and continuing education via ASPPH’s UniversiDI to the US disease intervention (DI) workforce.

Study shows one dose of benzathine penicillin G successfully treated early syphilis just as well as the three-injection regimen. Read more: www.nih.gov/news-events/...

It's #NationalSeniorCitizenDay today! Read more about how sex changes in your golden years: www.huffpost.com/entry/sex-af...

In June, the U.S. FDA approved the breakthrough HIV prevention drug Yeztugo (lenacapavir), which requires just two shots annually. However, questions loom about whether enough people who could benefit from the drug will take it. Read more: www.thebody.com/news/hiv/mor...

The Partnership to End HIV, STD, and Hepatitis calls for immediate release of Ryan White Part F funding. Read more: apnews.com/press-releas...

"Anytime you're throwing a threat into the mix that someone's freedom could be harmed, it's going to make people shut down; they're not going to show up for healthcare services," Elizabeth Finley of NCSD told MedPage Today. Read more: www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump’s director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more: www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/s...

US State Department officials are developing a plan to transform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from an entity that tackles HIV to one that is broadly focused on protecting and promoting American interests. Read more: healthpolicy-watch.news/us-officials...

Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, following a July 10 recall of certain lots of Bicillin L-A that were found to be contaminated with floating particles. Read more: www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/h...

#Breaking: The Senate passed a $4.5 trillion tax cut bill after last-minute changes to its health care provisions, as Republicans scrambled to get their party on board. www.statnews.com/2025/07/01/s...

The FDA approved twice-yearly lenacapavir (Yeztugo) for PrEP, making it the longest-acting HIV prevention method. Advocates lauded the eagerly awaited approval but expressed concern that the $28,000 annual price tag could limit access as HIV prevention funding is being slashed in the US & worldwide.

The Food and Drug Administration approved Wednesday a powerful new drug that provides nearly complete protection against HIV infection with just a single administration every six months. Read more: www.statnews.com/2025/06/18/f...

The staff of two world-class laboratories at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that were slated to be closed in a round of cuts announced in April have been informed that their terminations have been canceled. Read more: www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/c...

“This lab is critical to America’s public health, and the health and livelihood of Americans will be worse off without it,” David C. Harvey, MSW, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors, told Healio. Read more: www.healio.com/news/infecti...

David C. Harvey, Executive Director of NCSD, talks congenital syphilis during STI Engage, our annual conference, held in Phoenix this year. Read more: www.kjzz.org/politics/202...

WHO is convening a Guideline Development Group (GDG) for the development of evidence-based clinical guidelines on doxycycline prophylaxis for prevention of STIs. Read more: www.who.int/news/item/28...

Copper IUDs are associated with an increased risk for several STIs and other vaginal conditions than IUDs containing levonorgestrel, according to a retrospective chart review presented at the ACOG 2025 Annual Meeting. Read more: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Prof Andrew Pollard, the chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which recommended the vaccine, said despite it only being 30% effective, it was "worth having" and could have "a huge impact" overall. Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Yesterday the US Preventive Services Task Force released a final recommendation statement on screening for syphilis infection during pregnancy, giving screening the grade of "A" and suggesting early, universal screening. Read more: www.cidrap.umn.edu/sexually-tra...

The FDA recently approved the first at-home test for cervical cancer screenings. Read more: www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/cervic...

In a long-awaited update, the CDC has issued new guidelines for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). The new guidance—the first revision since 2016—now recommends Biktarvy or a dolutegravir combination to prevent HIV acquisition after non-occupational exposure such as sex or injection drug use.

A study conducted at a sexual health clinic in San Francisco found sustained significant declines in cases of chlamydia and syphilis among those who used doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxy-PEP). Read more: www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...

Scientists have developed a new screening method to tackle bacterial resistance to the tetracycline class of antibiotics. The results from this method provide the starting point to develop new drugs to treat drug-resistant infections. Read more: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-05...

The latest issue of #PxWire is here. As #PrEP programs are dismantled & #LEN for PrEP is poised to transform prevention, two forces are colliding in real time. Read about all of this, avac.org/resource/rep....

President Trump on Friday proposed massive cuts to the federal government’s health agencies in his 2026 budget request, arguing that Congress should reduce spending by tens of billions from current levels. Read more: www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/s...

The Syphilis Surveillance Supplement is now available! These resources provide trends in surveillance data on selected behaviors reported among P&S syphilis cases in the United States during 2019–2023. Learn more: www.cdc.gov/sti-statisti...

Health providers and the public have been urged to be on the alert for mpox cases after particles were detected in several sewage samples in North Carolina. The risk to the public is low at this time. Read more: www.newsweek.com/mpox-cases-n...

ICYMI: A draft budget proposal circulating among federal officials would dramatically deepen cuts at the nation’s top health agency, eliminating some public health programs entirely and serving as a roadmap for more mass firings. Read more: apnews.com/article/heal...

The just leaked budget document for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adds new details to the Trump administration’s planned restructuring of HHS and confirms earlier reports that major changes are in store for the nation’s HIV response. Read more: www.kff.org/quick-take/s...

The U.S. capacity to battle hepatitis B and C has been leveled a devastating blow with the recent closure of the CDC’s premier testing laboratory for viral hepatitis, experts warned. buff.ly/GzNcNdU

"Regardless of what happens with AHA, the elimination of directors, staff, and departments across HHS to date, represents a significant loss to HIV research, prevention efforts, leadership, expertise, and coordination of the HIV response across the federal government." www.kff.org/policy-watch...

All 11 previous UK cases of the new variant, known as clade 1b, had been in people who had either returned recently from Africa, or been in close contact with someone who had. Read more: www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

HIV prevention was making great strides. Then Trump’s budget axe fell www.statnews.com/2025/04/07/h... via @statnews.com

“Without that lab, we would have not been able to appropriately diagnose and monitor drug-resistant gonorrhea," said David C. Harvey, Executive Director of NCSD. Read more: www.statnews.com/2025/04/05/c...

Eliminating STI labs removes the essential service states and communities need to fight AMR, detect new outbreaks, and provide quality care. Read more: ncsddc.org/public-healt...

On the heels of terminating 10,000 jobs from the Department of Health and Human Services this week, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told ABC News some programs would soon be reinstated because they were mistakenly cut. Read more: abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk...

"One of these new AQ molecules actually did have a unique effect: The chemical compound was able to kill gonococci without having a negative impact on other microorganisms or human cells," says cell biologist Hauck. Read more: www.news-medical.net/news/2025040...

The FDA has granted fast track designation to an mRNA vaccine candidate from Sanofi for the prevention of chlamydia infection. Read more: www.pharmacytimes.com/view/mrna-va...