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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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has eliminated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's laboratories for sexually transmitted diseases and hepatitis, multiple ...

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.