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A model of a billboard from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) which ran in Los Angeles earlier this year but has been rejected to be displayed in many other cities is seen at the AHF office in Hollywood, California on May 18, 2018. - A billboard on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood screams out a stark warning: "drug-resistant gonorrhea alert!" Sexually transmitted diseases have made an alarming resurgence across the US, where 2016 saw a record two million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, including 628 cases of congenital syphilis. But California, the most populous US state, stands out for its willingness to tackle the crisis head-on, with cases of the three ailments up 45 percent in 2017 from five years ago. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Javier TOVAR, "California on front line as STDs run rampant in US" (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

FDA Approves First At-Home Syphilis Test

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have given the green light to the first at-home syphilis test amid a rise of cases in the U.S.

Packets of confiscated narcotics are stacked before being destroyed marking the UN's International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Ayutthaya province on June 24, 2011. More than 2,400 kilograms of confiscated narcotics including methaphetamine, heroin, opium, cocaine and psychotropic substances with an estimated value of 7,400 million baht (242 million USD) were to be burnt. AFP PHOTO/PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL (Photo credit should read PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP via Getty Images)

New Zealand Food Bank Gives Out Candies Laced With Meth ‘Worth $600’ To Homeless

A food bank in New Zealand is trying to find a stash of potential meth-laced candies that were accidentally distributed to the homeless.

TOPSHOT - A nurse wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) in a tent on the grounds of the Sophiahemmet private hospital, perform tests on a patient to see if she has symptoms of COVID-19 on April 22, 2020 in Stockholm. - Those who are deemed not to be suffering from COVID-19 are allowed to go to a primary care centre for treatment for their condition while those who are presenting symptoms of the virus are told to return home to self-isolate or, in severe cases, sent to hospital for care (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Deadliest Strain’ Of Monkeypox Makes Its Way To Europe Following Swede’s Trip To Africa

Swedish health officials have announced the first infection of a new potent strain of Monkeypox (mpox) in the country, which marks the first official case outside of Africa.

Blood samples are drawn from a boy who didn't display any sign of monkeypox despite his all family has been contaminated, while at a quarantine area of the centre of the International medical NGO Doctors Without Borders (Medecins sans frontieres - MSF), in Zomea Kaka, in the Lobaya region, in the Central African Republic on October 18, 2018. Monkeypox is a contagious disease, without remedy, which heals itself, but who can kill if not treated in time. Since May 2018, the monkeypox virus, which spreads in tropical Africa, has become a "public health threat" in the Central African Republic, according to the Pasteur Institute of Bangui. (Photo by CHARLES BOUESSEL / AFP) (Photo by CHARLES BOUESSEL/AFP via Getty Images)

WHO: Africa’s Monkeypox Spread An ‘Emergency Of International Concern’

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Monkeypox (Mpox) to be an international health emergency after a new strain of the virus has rapidly spread across Central Africa in only a few short months.

A Houston police officer moves their vehicle from outside a crime scene after two people were killed and three more critically injured in a shooting at a flea market in Houston, Texas on May 15, 2022. - Two people were killed and three more were taken to a hospital with injuries after a shooting May 15, 2022 at a bustling Houston flea market, authorities said. The shooting at the open-air market arose from an "altercation" that involved at least two guns and all five of the people, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. He said no "innocent bystanders" were injured. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP /AFP via Getty Images)

Texas: Recently Surfaced Video Shows Toddlers In Diapers On Highway After Being ‘Ejected From Vehicle’

Two young children were ejected from an overturned Jeep during a catastrophic traffic collision on the Eastex Freeway, U.S. Route 59, in Houston, Texas, as shown in a horrifying video that went viral on social media.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listens as Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) speaks during a news conference on the need to pass bipartisan tax relief for American families on July 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. Earlier this week Senate passed two bills to expand online privacy and safety protections for children as Democrats tee up a vote on the $79 billion package to expand the child tax credit (CTC) which will put a cap on the Senate's work before they leave for their monthlong August recess. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Chuck Schumer: I Will Work To Block GOP Budget Cuts Of The CDC

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told The Associated Press (AP) on Sunday that he will try to stop a GOP-backed plan that would reduce the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) budget, claiming that doing so “could put public health at risk.”