Home remedies are not effective in treating chlamydia, the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States. It affects about 1 in 14 people. Prescription ...

When doctors find that a patient has chlamydia, they can treat it with antibiotics. But chlamydia can go undetected for a while in some people. It doesn’t always cause symptoms, so it’s ...

Koalas are facing a shocking health crisis: widespread chlamydia infections — so are they born with the STD and how do they ...

If you test positive for chlamydia, you can be treated very simply and quickly with oral medication. You should also let your sexual partners know so they can get treatment, too. If you remain ...

Bacterial vaginosis is a poorly understood infection that affects one in three women and can bring with it uncomfortable ...

If researchers know more about how chlamydia membrane fusion works, they could one day harness those mechanisms to fight infections that no longer respond to antibiotics. "The more we know about ...

This factsheet focuses specifically on using antibiotics to prevent bacterial STIs. It is not to be confused with HIV PrEP and PEP, which are effective forms of preventing HIV, as outlined below.

Following Pope Francis’ diagnosis of bilateral pneumonia, respiratory doctors are speaking about the condition. The Vatican announced the Catholic leader’s diagnosis this week.

Antibiotic treatment for infections of Chlamydia pneumoniae has been associated with protection against myocardial infarction, probably via a stabilizing effect on the cytoskeleton of endothelial ...