Dr. Edward Hook — director of the STD Control Program for the Jefferson County Department of Health — spoke to PEOPLE to explain the recent uptick in the sexually transmitted infection Syphilis rates ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to announce Thursday new recommendations for treatment of gonorrhea, said spokeswoman Jessica Frickey, but she declined to give details.

Laboratories are asked to notify the ordering clinician and local STD control program when they identify isolates with elevated cephalosporin minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) (cefixime MIC ...

He got his start in STD research and prevention as an infectious disease fellow at UW between 1971-1973, following his residency there in internal medicine. From 1978 to 2005, Handsfield was director ...

Dr. Edward Hook — director of the STD Control Program for the Jefferson County Department of Health — spoke to PEOPLE to explain the recent uptick in the sexually transmitted infection ...

Dr. Edward Hook — director of the STD Control Program for the Jefferson County Department of Health — spoke to PEOPLE about the recent uptick in syphilis cases ...