https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Gonorrhea infections continue to increase in Sweden, despite numerous safe sex campaigns and experts warning that some strains could become incurable. https://www.thelocal.se/20170616/gonorrhea-continues-to-increase-in-sweden Fri, 16 Jun 2017 09:41:51 +0200 gonorrhea-continues-to-increase-in-sweden The number of gonorrhea infections reported in Sweden has increased yet again, at the same time as experts warn that a strain could become incurable. https://www.thelocal.se/20170102/gonorrhea-is-spreading-and-could-become-incurable-sweden-warned Mon, 02 Jan 2017 16:27:17 +0100 gonorrhea-is-spreading-and-could-become-incurable-sweden-warned It is only February and already 2,728 Swedes have been treated for chlamydia, according to preliminary figures from the country's Public Health Agency (Folkhälsomyndigheten). https://www.thelocal.se/20160208/ski-region-top-in-sweden-for-chlamydia-cases Mon, 08 Feb 2016 18:27:28 +0100 ski-region-top-in-sweden-for-chlamydia-cases Health workers in southern Sweden have warned that young Swedes are increasingly self-medicating against sexually transmitted diseases by buying antibiotics on the internet, in some cases to hide infidelity. https://www.thelocal.se/20130805/49448 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:36:00 +0200 49448 Sweden has been singled out as the sexually transmitted disease (STD) capital of Europe, with sexually-active Swedes found to be more likely than their European counterparts to seek treatment for diseases such chlamydia and gonorrhea. https://www.thelocal.se/20130605/48350 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:43:00 +0200 48350 Female university students in Sweden have twice as many sex partners than they did ten years ago, according to a new survey by the student health service at Uppsala University, while condom use is on the decline. https://www.thelocal.se/20111117/37398 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:30:00 +0100 37398 Scientists have for the first time found a strain of gonorrhea bacteria that is resistant to treatment with antibiotics, reported Magnus Unemo, the Swedish scientist who isolated the strain, at a conference about sexually transmitted diseases in Ottawa, Canada. https://www.thelocal.se/20110711/34864 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:34:00 +0200 34864 A woman with syphilis sold sex in Gothenburg through most of the autumn of 2010 without informing clients that she had the disease, according to a news report. https://www.thelocal.se/20110120/31536 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:24:00 +0100 31536 Sweden's state pharmacy Apoteket is withdrawing a home testing kit for chlamydia, after new research showed that only six out of ten infected people were diagnosed by the test. https://www.thelocal.se/20061111/5480 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 13:46:00 +0100 5480