MONDAY, March 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A common vaginal infection that affects nearly 1 in 3 women worldwide should be reclassified as a sexually transmitted infection (STI), a new study suggests.

Experts haven’t considered BV an STI because the bacteria typically originates from within versus sexual transmission. However, as the new study points out, this isn’t always true. Prior ...

Researchers have determined that bacterial vaginosis (BV)—a condition affecting nearly one-third of women worldwide—is a sexually transmitted infection (STI), shifting the way it should be ...