sexually transmitted diseases

The World Health Organization now recommends that people who visit areas with Zika virus transmission abstain from or have only protected sex for eight weeks.

The virus can be transmitted by unprotected anal sex between men, according to a CDC report.

Researchers develop another mouse model of Zika virus infection that mimics the disease in humans.

Honeybee seminal fluid contains two different components that fight Nosema fungus.

Much of the CD4+ T-cell death that occurs during HIV infection may be caused by direct delivery of the virus from neighboring cells, a study shows.

New research suggests Ebola can survive on surfaces for days and can be transmitted via semen.

Researchers show that Drosophila females upregulate an immune gene for protection against sexually transmitted infections before copulation.

An interferon found in the female reproductive tract may help guard against sexually transmitted diseases such as herpes.

A Presidential Commission suggests improvements to the US system for tracking federally funded research projects involving human subjects.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warns against home testing kits for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

A bioethics commission announces the completion of an investigation into unethical US government-led experiments with STDs in Guatemala in the 1940s.