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Doxycycline is an antibiotic that has been sold for more than 50 years. Health officials are now studying its effectiveness in preventing certain sexually transmitted infections.

Doxycycline is an antibiotic that has been sold for more than 50 years. Health officials are now studying its effectiveness in preventing certain sexually transmitted infections.

New CDC data shows a surge of sexually transmitted infections in the U.S. in recent years. The most significant rise is in syphilis and congenital syphilis, which occurs when mothers pass on the infection to their babies during pregnancy. Dr. Irene Stafford, an OB/GYN and maternal fetal medicine specialist at UT Health Houston, joins Ali Rogin to discuss what can be done to address this.

US health officials released data Tuesday showing how chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis cases have been accelerating, but doctors are hoping an old drug will help fight the sexually...

Health officials say that doxycycline should be taken to curb huge increase in sexually-transmitted diseases

U.S. health officials released data Tuesday showing how chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases have been accelerating, but doctors are hoping an old drug will help fight the sexually transmitted infections.

More than 2.5 million cases of sexually transmitted infections were reported in 2021, jumping by 7% in one year, according to the CDC.

North Carolina has seen an increase in STI cases according to NCDHHS.

Now that health officials have finalized all of the 2021 data, the increase is worse than what was announced back in March.

The number of babies born with syphilis in Canada is rising at a far faster rate than recorded in the US or Europe.