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America Mired in 'Severe Epidemic' of Chlamydia, HPV

Top 8 STIs running rampant, CDC finds

By Mark Russell, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 14, 2013 7:46 AM CST

(Newser) – Happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate, the CDC got you a romantic little pair of studies that declare America to be in the midst of "an ongoing, severe STI epidemic." With 20 million new infections in 2008 (the most recent year studied in... Read full story »

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America Mired in 'Severe Epidemic' of Chlamydia, HPV

Top 8 STIs running rampant, CDC finds

HPV • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • public health • STD • chlamydia • Valentine's Day • sexually transmitted diseases • human papilloma virus • CDC • vaccines

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