This trend stopped just as the doxyPEP guidelines were released and the number of gonorrhea cases per month stabilized. Because of this stabilization, compared with the preperiod, there was a net ...

Based on the research findings, San Francisco was the first city to recommend doxyPEP in 2022. In addition to recommending it to gay and bisexual men and trans women at a higher risk of contracting ...

A decrease in California's sexually transmitted infections (STIs) followed early real-world adoption of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP), suggesting real population-level benefits ...

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the new guidelines today and its decision is believed to be the first national effort to use doxyPEP in this way – and may influence ...

In October 2022, San Francisco became the first jurisdiction to issue guidelines recommending that doxyPEP be offered to gay and bisexual men and transgender women at risk of STIs. Kaiser ...

A new study has found that rates of chlamydia and syphilis plummet among people prescribed doxycycline for sexually transmitted infection prevention in routine clinical care. The study was led by ...

The study involved patients with Kaiser Permanente Northern California, a health system that began to offer doxyPEP to gay and bisexual men in November 2022 after San Francisco issued guidelines ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal agencies have altered or removed hundreds of pages of ...

Substantial declines seen in chlamydia and syphilis incidence after initiation. (HealthDay News) — Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) initiation is associated with decreases in ...

and experts warn that it will be essential to continue funding public health prevention programs and potentially expanding access to treatments like DoxyPep if the nation is to see these trends ...