The US hasn't seen syphilis numbers this high since 1950
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Infants are born with syphilis in growing numbers, a sign of a wider US epidemic
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PEP in your step - the public health politics of Doxycycline STD prophylaxis for unprotected sexual activity
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‘People are like, wow!’: The man trying to make condoms sexy
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249 babies born with syphilis in Thailand this year: Public Health Ministry
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Fears that PrEP could lead to an STI epidemic
Here's an article in Australian Fairfax Media: "Fears new wonder drug could lead to STI epidemic" It refers to this article in The Lancet: "Community-level changes in condom use and uptake of HIV...
Here's an article in Australian Fairfax Media: "Fears new wonder drug could lead to STI epidemic"
It refers to this article in The Lancet: "Community-level changes in condom use and uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by gay and bisexual men in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia: results of repeated behavioural surveillance in 2013–17"
Here's the key take-away from the Fairfax article:
An international 2016 study of men who have sex with men found the chances of contracting chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis were increased 11, 24, and 44-fold respectively in PrEP users. Fears have now been raised that these staggering numbers might be replicated in Australia.
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