sexually transmitted diseases
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A Chlamydia Vaccine Shows Promise In Early Human Trial
A vaccine for the most commonly reported sexually transmitted infection in the U.S. — the bacterial disease chlamydia — is now a substantial step closer to reality. On Tuesday, researchers reported that two of their vaccine candidates were found to be safe in a phase 1 clinical trial of 35 women. Though the trial wasn’t…
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Our Last Line Of Defence Against Gonorrhoea Is Failing
Health officials in the US have identified a cluster of gonorrhoea infections that exhibited unusual resistance against the last two main antibiotics known to work against the dreaded sexually transmitted disease.
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CDC Confirms Zika In Nine US Pregnancies
Image: Getty The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed Zika infections in nine pregnant women in the United States, all of whom contracted the virus while travelling. Three babies have already been born — one with a brain defect.
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To Save Koalas From Extinction, We May Have To Kill Them First
Australia’s iconic koala — a species already threatened with extinction — is currently in the midst of a devastating chlamydia epidemic. Some scientists are now arguing that in order to save these cute marsupials from extinction, we may have to euthanise them in a massive cull.