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Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea

Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea: An OverviewAntibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of the drugs used to treat them. This means the bacteria are no longer killed by a drug that used to kill them before. The bacteria are then free to keep multiplying. Gonorrhea has developed resistance to nearly all of theContinue reading “Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea”

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) is a way for people who do not have HIV but who are at very high risk of getting HIV to prevent HIV infection by taking a pill every day. The pill (brand name Truvada) contains two medicines (tenofovir and emtricitabine) that are used in combination with other medicines to treatContinue reading “Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)”

The Link Between HIV and STDs How STDs Facilitate HIV Infection and Vice Versa

It is generally accepted that having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) increases in a person’s risk of getting HIV, both for biological and behavioral reasons. According to research, STDs like syphilis and gonorrhea not only provide HIV easier access to vulnerable cells and tissues of the body, STD co-infection actually increases the infectivity of theContinue reading “The Link Between HIV and STDs How STDs Facilitate HIV Infection and Vice Versa”

Undetectable = untransmittable

Undetectable = untransmittable is the message of a new UNAIDS Explainer. With 20 years of evidence demonstrating that HIV treatment is highly effective in reducing the transmission of HIV, the evidence is now clear that people living with HIV with an undetectable viral load cannot transmit HIV sexually. Three large studies of sexual HIV transmission amongContinue reading “Undetectable = untransmittable”