Tag Archives: STDs

Kissing can be awkward AF—but, aside from beard burn or the common cold, it’s pretty safe, right?Not exactly. A peck on the mouth (or a full-blown, let-me-shove-my-tongue-down-your-throat makeout session) can actually transmit a couple different types of STDs [insert cringing emoji here]: herpes simplex virus (HSV) 1 and 2 and syphilis, says Teena Chopra, M.D., corporate medical director of infection …

It’s not a great feeling to know that you scared your doctors. Unfortunately for a man in the UK, he recently did so: he displayed a case of gonorrhea that so dramatically resisted treatment that it chilled his physicians.   That’s partially because gonorrhea isn’t the best thing to leave untreated. But another reason: this case is a harbinger of …