More than 60 years since the "morning after" pill to prevent unwanted pregnancies became available in Australia, there's a new kind of "morning after" pill on the scene — and for a very different ...

A CyberScoop report published on Friday found that the telehealth provider Doxy.me had allowed third parties to access data about providers via its virtual waiting room. According to reporter Tonya ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STIs are on the rise, but there's a morning-after pill called doxy-PEP that may help. CDC recommendations for doxy-PEP are under ...

If taken within 72 hours of condomless sex, the common antibiotic doxycycline drastically reduces the risk of gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia among transwomen and gay, bisexual and other men who ...

The benefits of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (Doxy PEP) in preventing the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in men and transgender women do not appear to extend to ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Doxy.me, a free, accessible and secure telemedicine solution, had a momentous year in response to the influx of demand for telemedicine as COVID-19 ...

A promising line of attack against sexually transmitted infections puts a cheap and widely available medication to a new use. The treatment – a form of post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP – is a dose of ...

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Certain people should consider taking an antibiotic treatment after having unprotected sex to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will ...

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You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The CDC could soon make it easier for a common antibiotic to be used as a morning-after pill to ...