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Sexually Transmitted Infections

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STIs, including syphilis, gonorrhea, increasing globally: WHO

  • May 22, 2024
(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP)

Newborn syphilis cases at 'dire' levels: CDC

  • Nov 7, 2023

CDC advisers vote to recommend routine mpox vaccine for some

  • Oct 27, 2023

Woman claims she contracted STD when a massage therapist assaulted her

  • Oct 20, 2023

Houston health officials attribute recent pregnancies to syphilis rise

  • Jul 15, 2023

Houston's STD testing fees waived amid rise in syphilis cases

  • Jul 14, 2023

More Texas babies are being born with syphilis, experts explain why

  • May 10, 2023

Sexually transmitted infections jumped by 7% in 2021, CDC says

  • Apr 11, 2023

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Houston-area massage parlor agrees to $1M settlement in sex assault allegation

  • Oct 20, 2023
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Significant rise in syphilis cases in Houston area linked to pregnant women, health department says

  • Jul 14, 2023
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More Texas babies are being born with syphilis, experts explain why

  • May 10, 2023
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Lawsuit filed after women came out against janitor in urine water case

  • Jan 26, 2023
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Woman says janitor urinated in water bottle, infecting her with STD

  • Oct 18, 2022
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More than 1 million STD's contracted everyday: study

  • Jan 25, 2021
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More than 1 million STD's contracted everyday: study

  • Jun 7, 2019
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Man accused of giving underage girl chlamydia

  • Jul 3, 2018

Latest Stories

Lawsuit filed after 13 women claim they contracted incurable STDs from bottles infected by janitor

The civil lawsuit alleges building management didn't notify tenants until six days after they received video that showed the janitor tainting an employee's water bottle.

  • Jan 26, 2023

1st cases of gonorrhea resistant to several classes of antibiotics identified in US

Globally, infections that are resistant to antibiotics kill approximately 700,000 people each year.

  • Jan 20, 2023

2 new charges emerge against janitor accused of urinating in drinking water

One of his victims claims she caught an STD after drinking one of the tainted bottles.

  • Nov 22, 2022

Up to 13 people come out against janitor accused of urinating into water bottles, investigators say

ABC13 is learning about more people in a disturbing case who may have had been impacted by a janitor accused of tainting a woman's drinking water.

  • Oct 22, 2022

Woman says she was infected with STD after janitor urinated in her water bottle

"This individual is a sick man," the victim said in an interview only with ABC13.

  • Oct 18, 2022