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Alaska is still facing a syphilis outbreak while dealing with COVID, DHSS says - KTUU.com Alaska is still facing a syphilis outbreak while dealing with COVID, DHSS says - KTUU.com Posted: 30 Jul 2020 07:12 PM PDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Department of Health and Social Services has been focused on COVID-19 since March, but during the past year, they say another outbreak has grown larger than previously reported. This time, it's a syphilis outbreak. A syphilis outbreak was first declared in 2018 when 114 cases were reported to state epidemiologists. By 2019, the state saw a 112% increase in cases with a majority of the cases being newly acquired and infectious. "This is a reminder that as we battle the COVID-19 pandemic, there are other outbreaks that need our attention," Dr. Joe McLaughlin, Alaska's State Epidemiologist, said in a prepared statement. Alaska still has one of the highest rates of sexually transmitte...

STI screening facilities expanding telemedical services amid COVID-19 - KOLD STI screening facilities expanding telemedical services amid COVID-19 - KOLD Posted: 25 Jul 2020 11:26 AM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] STI screening facilities expanding telemedical services amid COVID-19    KOLD Today is World Head and Neck Cancer Day: Overcome the Stigma of HPV and Throat Cancer. - TAPinto.net Posted: 27 Jul 2020 03:39 AM PDT With the world's attention focused on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, we believe the time is also right to bring the public's attention to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of expanding the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine's use to include women and men aged 27 through 45 years.  The first HPV vaccine was approved in 2006, to be given to children 9 to 12 years old.  On this World Head and Neck Cancer Day (July 27), we applaud the FDA 's recent expand...

How a koala with an S.T.D. could help humanity - Minneapolis Star Tribune How a koala with an S.T.D. could help humanity - Minneapolis Star Tribune Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Your Guide to STDs - WebMD Lack of darker skin in textbooks, journals harms patients of color - STAT Koalas With STDs Could Actually Prove Beneficial to Humans, Here's How - Nature World News How a koala with an S.T.D. could help humanity - Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted: 16 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT   TOORBUL, Australia – Humans don't have a monopoly on sexually transmitted infections. Oysters get herpes; rabbits get syphilis; dolphins get genital warts. But chlamydia — a pared-down, single-celled bacterium that acts like a virus — has been especially successful, infecting everything from frogs to fish to parakeets. You might say chlamydia connects us all. This shared susceptibility has led some scientists to argue that st...

At-home STI testing launched in New Hampshire - Monadnock Ledger Transcript At-home STI testing launched in New Hampshire - Monadnock Ledger Transcript Posted: 16 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT While coronavirus is the public health issue that's most concerning for many New Hampshire residents, the state is quietly experiencing an outbreak of other viruses, including the sexually-transmitted infections syphilis and gonorrhea. To help combat that and overcome the fact that fewer people are coming to health clinics for STI testing during the pandemic, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England has started offering at-home STI testing. Stigma, cost and just the time to get to a clinic for a test are all barriers to STI testing for many people. Those have been made worse during the pandemic, said Dr. Donna Burkett, medical director of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNE), which covers Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Job loss has led to...

Sexual Violence Against Men, Trans Women in Syria Conflict - Human Rights Watch Sexual Violence Against Men, Trans Women in Syria Conflict - Human Rights Watch Posted: 28 Jul 2020 11:00 PM PDT (Beirut) – Syrian state and non-state actors have subjected men, boys, transgender women, and nonbinary people to sexual violence during the Syrian conflict, resulting in severe physical and mental health consequences which are compounded by a lack of support services in Lebanon , Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 77-page report, "'They Treated Us in Monstrous Ways': Sexual Violence Against Men, Boys, and Transgender Women in the Syrian Conflict," found that men and boys have been vulnerable to sexual violence in the Syrian conflict since it began. People Human Rights Watch interviewed said that gay and bisexual men, transgender women, and nonbinary people were subject to increased violence based on their actua...

Planned Parenthood to offer at-home STI testing due to COVID-19 pandemic - WGME Planned Parenthood to offer at-home STI testing due to COVID-19 pandemic - WGME Posted: 13 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] Planned Parenthood to offer at-home STI testing due to COVID-19 pandemic    WGME You are subscribed to email updates from "at home std test" - Google News . To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now . Email delivery powered by Google Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States