Hidden in the female experience Yet another reason STDs are sexist: Symptoms are often more nonspecific in women, and can be mistakenly written off as a typical female annoyance.

For some women, bacterial vaginosis, or BV, is such a common occurrence that they find themselves regularly dealing with the vaginal infection—even after treatment. Part of the problem seems to ...

According to a new report, women are under-tested for STDs and STIs because of a number of factors, including negligence from their doctors.

The major health concerns for many women in their 20s and 30s are avoiding sexually transmitted diseases and unintended pregnancies. And though there have been some advances in contraception, the ...

In the past decade, STDs have increased among women aged at least 55 years, highlighting the importance of discussing sexual partners, sexual history and condom use with all patients, regardless ...

Estimates of lifetime quality-adjusted life-years lost due to gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis were substantially higher among women than among men in 2018, researchers found.

A common sexually transmitted disease is on the rise in Mobile County, with health officials warning young adults in ...

She said women contract STDs more easily than men because their reproductive organs are internal and more susceptible to disease.

A Johns Hopkins infectious disease expert is advising sexually active women over age 40 to be screened for a common STD, trichomonas.New evidence has found this infection is more than ...

A UK woman is campaigning for women to be tested for STDs at the beginning of their pregnancies after her baby girl died in her arms because she was screened too late.