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China Sees Syphilis Boom As Migrants Buy Prostitutes

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Syphilis, China Syphilis, Prostitution, China Sex, Sex Workers, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, China Prostitution, China, China Sex Workers, Prostitution Boom, China Syphilis Tenfold, Migrants China, World News

GENEVA — China has seen a tenfold increase in syphilis cases over the past decade, as migrant workers made enough money in the country's economi...

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Whose Right to Sex Education?

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Abstinence Education, Birth Control, Abstinence Only, Virginity Pledges, Sex Education, Guttmacher Institute, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Barack Obama, Wisconsin, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

What did we get for $1.9 billion? Nothing good. Abstinence-only education has been shown to have no effect on how much teenagers have sex - none.

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Cervix Not Required: An Interview with Dr. Adina Nack

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Stigma, HPV Vaccine, Hpv, Council on Contemporary Families, Merck, Gardasil, Public Health, Fda Approval, Men's Health, Fda, Sexuality, Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus, Women's Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Marketing, Sexually Transmitted Infections, HPV Vaccination for Boys, Cervical Cancer Vaccine, Cervical Cancer, Living News
Abby L. Ferber

Last Friday, the FDA approved the HPV vaccine for use in boys and men. Why is Gardasil only now being approved for males, when it was approved three years ago for females?

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CPS To Offer STD Testing As Gonorrhea, Chlamydia Cases Rise

Chi-Town Daily News | Alex Parker | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Chicago Public Schools, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Chicago School Health, Cps Stds, Stds, Health, Chicago News

Responding to high levels of sexually-transmitted infections in Chicago high schools, the city Board of Education yesterday voted to increase STD test...

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Sex Ed in a Conservative Town

Reproductive Justice | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sex Education, Abstinence Only, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexual Health, Premarital Sex, Same Sex Marriage, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

Programs like this, that foster myths and stereotypes, should have no place in our schools.

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Gay and Lesbian Manners: The Great Oral Sex Dilemma

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Stds, Sex, Safe Sex, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Etiquette, Gay, Gays, Condoms, Manners, Style News
Steven Petrow

Even if you feel embarrassed talking about sex (especially with someone new), discuss your preferences beforehand.

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A Long-Overdue Apology to Bret Michaels.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 07.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Soup, Carrie Prejean, Bret Michaels, Liza Minnelli, Tony Awards, Broadway Theater, Sexually-Transmitted Diseases, Poison, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

I sincerely hope that your injuries are not as painful as listening to your performance was. I wish you well with your recovery.

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God and Abstinence

Reproductive Justice | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teen Sex Education, Stds, Sexual Health, Abstinence Only, Sti, Abstinence Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teen Sex, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

At the Mississippi Department of Human Services' summit, "Abstinence Works: Let's Talk About It," we didn't talk about abstinence, but we sure did chant, cheer, dance, pray and sing about it.

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Black Women and the AIDS Crisis

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Black Women, Stds, Cdc, Dr. Kevin Fenton, Act Against Aids, AIDs Epidemic, Teen Girls Stds, Washington DC, African American Women, Phill Wilson, HIV/AIDS, Sti, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington Post, Black AIDS Institute, African Americans, African-American Issues, Bailout Bandits, World News
Martha St Jean

According to Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS at the CDC, one in 30 black women will be diagnosed with HIV at some point in her lifetime. That is unacceptable.

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Taking the Wraps Off Condoms

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Women's Sexuality, Journal of the American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control and Preventions, Birth Control, Sexual Health, Dr. Stuart Berman, Chlamydia, Women's Health, HIV Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teenage Pregnancy, Cecile Richards, Gonorrhea, Condoms, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

Just in Case looks to be a simple and attractive makeup accessory, but serves a greater purpose. A hidden well contains two 2" x 2" condom foils.

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Condom Credit Cards To Be Given To British Teens

BBC | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

Read More: Stds, Teen Sex Education, Teen Stds, Sex Awareness, England, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teen Sex, Europe, Condoms, Condom Credit Cards, Sex Education, Sex, World News

Teenagers in a Berkshire town will soon get access to a card which they can use to get free condoms if they go for regular sex advice sessions. The C...

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Black AIDS Day

Gloria Reuben | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Whites, Latinos, Poverty, Statistics, US Poverty, National Black Aids Awareness Day, Siecus, AIDs Epidemic, Hiv, Race, Barack Obama, Sex Education, HIV/AIDS, Black People, Education, AIDS Awareness, Blacks, Caucasians, Health, Disease, Sex, Poverty and Health, Aids, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African-Americans, African Americans, Antiretroviral Drugs, Politics News
Gloria Reuben

We must turn a critical eye inward, and face the fact that HIV/AIDS has reached crisis levels among the Black population of the US. The statistics are startling.

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Are On The Rise

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 02.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Rise in STDS, Stds, Health, Rise in Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Diseases, Sexual Transmitted Disease, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Are on the Rise, Style News

ATLANTA — Sexually spread diseases _ for years on the decline _ are on the rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting a record, government heal...

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E-Cards For STDs Now Wildly Popular

CNN | Madison Park | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Stds, Sex, E-Cards, Email, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Stis, The Way We Live Now, Living News

Breaking up over e-mail is a social no-no. But sending an e-card telling someone to get tested for STDs may be a public health courtesy. A California...

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Things That Make You Go Hmmm

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Abstinence Education, John McCain, HIV/AIDS Africa, Senator McCain, Women's Health, Condoms, Politics News
Rep. Lois Capps

American women and families deserve to know how McCain feels on matters such as public funding for contraception, abstinence-only education, and the effectiveness of condoms in preventing STDs.

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Study Finds 1 in 4 US Teens Has a STD

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Stds Teenage Girls, Teen Girls, Teen Girls Stds, Teenage Girls Stds, 1 in 4 Teenage Girls, Living News

CHICAGO — At least one in four teenage American girls has a sexually transmitted disease, suggests a first-of-its-kind federal study that startl...

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We're Winners! US Sets Record For STDs

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, US Sets STD Record, Sex, American STD Record, Living News

More than 1 million cases of chlamydia were reported in the United States last year -- the most ever reported for a sexually transmitted disease, fede...

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