Bacterial vaginosis, which affects nearly 1 in 3 women, should be considered a sexually transmitted disease, according to a ...

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are prevalent and often undetected due to mild symptoms. Warning signs include unusual ...

For some women, bacterial vaginosis, or BV, is such a common occurrence that they find themselves regularly dealing with the ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Bacterial vaginosis (BV) has been considered a bacterial imbalance in the vagina, rather than a ...

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), also known as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or venereal diseases, are infections spread primarily through ...

A common vaginal infection affecting nearly one in three reproductive-aged women worldwide should be reclassified as a ...

Explore how sexually transmitted infections progress, symptoms to watch for, and prevention strategies to protect sexual ...

A common vaginal infection that affects nearly 1 in 3 women worldwide should be reclassified as a sexually transmitte ...

New research published in The New England Journal of Medicine reveals bacterial vaginosis is a sexually transmitted disease, advocating for joint treatment of both male and female partners to ...

King Holmes, MD, PhD, an infectious diseases physician and researcher who helped create modern STI research and was a central ...

The association between contracting an STD and having many sexual partners also fuels STD stigma, but it’s simply not true — it only takes one partner to contract an STD. And despite testing ...

A common but potentially dangerous vaginal infection that affects nearly 1 in 3 women globally should be considered a sexually transmitted disease, a new study says. Bacterial vaginosis ...