The STD You May Have and Not Even Know It

No wonder chlamydia has been nicknamed the silent stalker: After analyzing the latest data, the Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than one in 100 U.S. adults currently have this sexually transmitted disease. That works out to 1.8 million cases—yet only 1.4 of those have been reported. In other words, 400,000 people may have it and be clueless about the risk it poses to themselves and their partners.

Just Diagnosed? Next Steps After Testing Positive for Gonorrhea or Chlamydia

If you’ve just found out that you have gonorrhea or chlamydia, you may be trying to figure out what to do next. Here are the three most important steps that you can take...

Chlamydia just became the most commonly reported disease ever in the US—but there’s something worse

So we shouldn’t freak out too much—at least not about chlamydia. While 1.4 million cases sounds like a lot, chlamydia is easily treated, and only saw a 0.7% increase between 2011 and 2012. Syphilis and gonorrhea, the two other notifiable STDs presented in the report, are much more worrisome. (HIV data are dealt with separately.)

“Welcome to Norway! The Land of Chlamydia”

Drawing attention to the prevalence of a sexually transmitted disease (STD) probably doesn’t feature on any tourist board’s game plan. The Norwegian tourist board is therefore, unsurprisingly, battling with convenience store chain 7-Eleven over its “Welcome to Norway! The Land of Chlamydia” campaign.

BC researcher closing in on Chlamydia vaccine

Chlamydia is one of the most widespread sexually transmitted bacterial diseases in the world, causing an estimated 92 million infections globally per year, with over 11,000 infections last year in BC alone.

Chlamydia is a 'cunning' STI that easily evolves into new strains, discover scientists

Chlamydia - the world's most common sexual infection - is a more cunning and highly evolved bacterium than thought, scientists say.

Chlamydia rates in the US are skyrocketing

According to a report published by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Wednesday (Oct. 19), the three most commonly reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the US were at record-high levels in 2015. There were roughly 1.5 million cases of chlamydia—”the highest number of annual cases of any condition ever reported to CDC...

Chlamydia, Gonorrhea Rates Climb, But Few Young Women Feel At Risk

In the midst of record-high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs or STDs), a new industry-sponsored survey finds that many of those at high risk for STDs are not getting tested—and don’t seem to think they need to.

Chlamydia, Herpes And Other STIs: The Fifty Shades Effect

STDs such as chlamydia and herpes have increased among over-50s thanks to the so-called 'Fifty Shades effect' making us more sexually experimental -- without using a condom.

Chlamydia, the Silent STD That Can Cause Infertility

One of the biggest frustrations in public-health circles today involves a tiny bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis.

Condoms could soon be available in school toilets to fight ‘silent epidemic’

New research has found than more 300,000 Australians are living with a chlamydia but more than three quarters of them have no idea that they are infected. It's a staggering figure considering the infection can be prevented for less than $10 and cured with one pill.

Give children chlamydia tests in school, say health experts

Experts say STD screening should be introduced more widely if it improves sexual health but parents have criticised existing schemes.

How to handle a koala-chlamydia epidemic

In 2015, I went to Australia to collect koala poo, which can teach us about their complex microbiome. Bacteria in their guts break down toxic tannins in the eucalyptus leaves they eat. We think one reason the babies eat their moms’ poo is to acquire microbes that will give their own system toxin-degrading powers. But I wanted to know for sure.

Most common STD declines for first time in decades

For the first time in three decades, the nation's most common sexually transmitted disease is a little less common.

Nearly 2 Million Americans Have Chlamydia, Estimates Show

Chlamydia is caused by bacteria and is the most commonly reported STD in the United States, but infected people often do not have symptoms, according to the CDC. If left untreated, chlamydia infections can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility and ectopic pregnancy in women.

Speedy Sex Ed for Students: Chlamydia

Most college students have had at least some formal education regarding sex and sexually transmitted infections/diseases (STIs/STDs). But along our sexual careers, we often forget a lot of the information they taught us in 8th grade Sex Ed

You Can Get Your Partner Chlamydia Meds, Too

Chlamydia and gonorrhea differ from viral STIs like herpes and HPV because they can be treated with basic antibiotics: Take a round of meds, it's gone (with some noteworthy exceptions, of course). But it takes two to tango, and if only one-half of a sexual partnership gets treated, it can lead to an easily preventable cycle of reinfection.

Chlamydia: The Broken Collarbone of the STI World

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis that primarily affects young people under age 25 - and boy howdy, does it. In fact, recent surveillance data has suggested that 1 in 15 girls between 14 and 19 has chlamydia - which is kind of awful, if you ask me.

Column: I got chlamydia (but definitely didn’t die)

Amanda Bynes does a great shrill scream, and in the film “Easy A," you can see her at her shriek-iest best when her character discovers that her boyfriend has a sexually transmitted infection.

More Women Are Walking Around With Undiagnosed Chlamydia

So, in the ever-wise words of Nicki Minaj: Guess you needed a Pap. Or, rather, yearly screenings for chlamydia if you're a woman who has sex, regardless of your Pap schedule.