The increase in screening comes amid a surge in syphilis cases among women aged 15 to 39 in the province.
The findings underscore the need for more education as some sexually transmitted infections increase, the authors say.
New surveillance data show cases of gonorrhea, syphilis, and congenital syphilis have reached their highest levels in over a decade.
Survey finds that teens who are aware they can independently consent to sexual health services are twice as likely to seek care.
An observational study in California finds doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis remains very effective against chlamydia and syphilis, but is not effective against gonorrhea.
Moderna has begun dosing participants in a phase 3 trial of its H5 pandemic flu vaccine candidate, mRNA-108.
The prevalence of XDR Shigella isolates in US surveillance data rose from 0% during 2011-2015 to 8.5% in 2023.
Syphilis patients had a nearly 6 times higher death rate than uninfected controls.
Syphilis cases in the Seattle area fell by 52% overall after the intervention was implemented, but no effect was seen on congenital syphilis.
The CDC and FDA continue to investigate the E coli outbreak, which has sickened 9 people in 3 states.
