This sexually transmitted infection is almost entirely preventable. Here's what experts say you really need to know to protect yourself.

Genital herpes infections are very common. There are 42 million new infections each year — that averages out to one new person infected each second. While treatments can help with symptoms, there's no ...

A study estimating the number of under-50s worldwide who are living with genital herpes has highlighted changing sexual behaviors and the need for many countries to consider more effective ways of ...

Updated guidelines in Italy call for active screening and multidisciplinary care for women with female genital mutilation ...

Genital warts are a sexually transmitted disease that is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). There are various treatment and preventative options available for genital warts. External genital ...

Ashley Winter, MD, remembers the first time she Googled the skin condition lichen sclerosus. Most of the websites listed the autoimmune condition as a rare disease. In the realm of genital health, ...

Herpes sounds like a sexually transmitted infection (STI) you’d be able to spot easily (cold sores and below-the-belt blisters, anyone?). But most people who have herpes simplex virus don’t show any ...

Gemma Sharp receives funding from an NHMRC Early Career Research Fellowship (Health Professional Category). She is working in collaboration as part of the Active* Consent program, to develop an online ...

Noticing a new bump or growth near the vagina, around the external genital area, or on the groin can be stressful — and understandably so. Instead of falling down the rarely helpful rabbit hole of ...

Genital psoriasis doesn’t look like most other forms of the disease. Patches are often bright red, smooth, and shiny. You usually don’t see scales because they rub off when you move. When they rub off ...