San Francisco Chronicle May 25, 2026 • 11:02

California’s ‘Plan B for STIs’ is working — with one exception - San Francisco Chronicle

By Erin Allday

California’s ‘Plan B for STIs’ is working — with one exception - San Francisco Chronicle

Kaiser doxyPEP study is promising against STIs like syphilis and chlamydia, but wasn't effective against gonorrhea.

A pharmacist holds a bottle of the antibiotic doxycycline hyclate in Sacramento in 2016. A new Kaiser study found doxyPEP, a treatment for exposure to sexually transmitted infections, was effective a… [+5840 chars]

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