Gonorrhea Is After Your Throat; What Are You Gonna Do About That?
In terms of headlines, they don’t get much better than the one for this New York Times piece: “A Dangerous, ‘Silent…
There's a New Drug-Resistant Strain of Gonorrhea, Have a Fun Weekend
God, Friday is GARBAGE. First we get the name Shookus, then I just saw this video of a fish who’s been sliced in half…
STD Map Lets You See How Many of Your Neighbors Have the Clap
If you live in California, Texas, Michigan or New York, you probably know someone who has the clap. If you’re in…
Incurable Gonorrhea Will Save the Institution of Marriage
You can't open an internet browser these days without hitting a loud opinion about how the decline of marriage — or,…
Last Year's Increase In STD Infections Was Entirely Due To Men
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released their data on rates of STD infection among sexually active…
Have the Clap? Washington Health Dept. Will Call Your Exes for You!
Talking to your ex is hard. Talking to your ex in the context of "Hey, you should get tested because I think I may…
'Worse Than AIDS' Gonorrhea Strain Is Not, in Fact, Worse Than AIDS
Every now and again, the media likes to run with a time-honored story: GONORRHEA OMG YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE. The…
Drug-Resistant Super-Gonorrhea Laughs in the Face of Antibiotics
You know how gonorrhea has always been, like, the chillest STI ever? All, "Hey, man! It's me, gonorrhea! Listen, I'm…
Rethinking the Blow Job: Condoms or Gonorrhea? Take Your Pick
Gonorrhea — also known as "the clap," possibly because doctors used to believe the sexually transmitted infection was…
Cheap STD Treatment, We Hardly Knew Ye
This week, the World Health Organization warned Earth's genitalia that a new strain of drug-resistant gonorrhea was…
Hot Trends in Online Dating: Syphilis and Chlamydia
Researchers in Canada are flummoxed a puzzling set of statistics — despite the fact that most people had a safe sex…
LA's Cool Plan To Fight STDs
Los Angeles County once had 36 clinics testing and treating sexually transmitted infections. That was in 1996; today,…
Scary Gonorrhea Strains Resistant To Drugs
A quarter of gonorrhea strains in the US are now resistant to common antibiotics, and some are even resistant to the…
Gonorrhea Rates At All-Time Low, Other STDs On The Rise
According to the CDC, the number of reported gonorrhea cases dropped last year to 301,000, the lowest rate since 1941.…
Doctors Warn Of Super STDs
Scientists fear that gonorrhea is on it's way to becoming a "superbug." Doctors have already noticed instances of the…
Spreading The Love
Researchers report that STD rates in the U.S. are through the roof. "We have among the highest rates of STDs of any…
Retiree Builds Sanctuary For Cats • New Details Released In Fritzl Case
• Meet Craig Grant, founder of Caboodle Ranch. The 30-acre property is home to 500 unwanted felines. Using money out of…
Red Alert
The GOP's opposition to putting $330 million stimulus dollars towards STD prevention funding could hurt their own…
A Pot Psychology Summer: Looking Back At The Things You Never Saw
Summer will officially be over in a few days. :( So for this installment of Pot Psychology, the "advice" column in…