STDs

An experimental new gel could have a dramatic impact on the spread of herpes, one of the most common and incurable types of sexually transmitted infections. According to a new study published in the August edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, the gel is capable of drastically cutting women’s risk of infection with […]

Three teenagers attending England’s Isaac Newton Academy believe they’ve discovered an easy way to limit the spread of sexually transmitted diseases: condoms that change color when an STD is detected. The idea is the work of three teenage boys–Daanyaal Ali, 14, Muaz Nawaz, 13, and Chirag Shah, 14–who devised a condom containing antibodies capable of […]