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In War on STDs, NC Tries New Weapon: Bribery

Syphilis outbreak sparks offer of gift card in exchange for test

Sep 14, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The incidence of syphilis is spiking in the economically hard-hit South, and health officials have lit on a novel preventative measure, MSNBC reports: Wal-Mart gift cards. Syphilis tends to rebound in tough times, and a program in North Carolina induces patients to submit to a test in exchange for the... More »

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McDonald's • public health • North Carolina • syphilis • STD • gift card • Wal-Mart • testing • Southern United States • sexually transmitted diseases • economic incentive

DC to Offer STD Tests
to All Students

Pilot program found that 13% of youths had chlamydia, gonorrhea

Aug 5, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - All DC high school students will be offered testing for sexually-transmitted diseases, the Washington Post reports. The move follows a pilot program at eight schools last year in which 13% of 3,000 students tested positive for STDs, mostly chlamydia and gonorrhea. The new plan says students must watch a... More »

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high school • AIDS • HIV • STD • chlamydia • gonorrhea • Washington, DC • testing • sexually transmitted diseases

 Teen Pregnancies,  
 STDs Increase: CDC 

Figures raise concerns after positive trends

Jul 20, 09 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - After declining in 1991-2005, the US teen birth rate climbed in 2006 and 2007, HealthDay News reports. Crunching numbers from 2002-07, the Centers for Disease Control found a number of trends had flatlined or worsened after a period of improvement.
  • 2004 saw 745,000 pregnancies among females under 20,
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AIDS • HPV • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • HIV • syphilis • STD • chlamydia • gonorrhea • teen pregnancy • sexual assault • adolescents • teenager • sexually transmitted diseases

(Newser) - Take that, Bristol. The Obama administration seeks to cut most federal funding for abstinence-only sex education programs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama's proposed budget for 2010 would scrap two programs that fund abstinence education—with $145 million—and replace them with a $160 million initiative that funnels 75%... More »

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sex education • abstinence education • STD • budget cuts • teen pregnancy • Obama administration • President Obama • sexually transmitted diseases

 Sex Query? 
 Experts Help 
 Teens Via 
 Texting 

Health professionals text teens answers to anonymous sex questions

May 2, 09 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Teenagers no longer need to reveal their angst over pregnancy or noisy sex in crowded classrooms, the New York Times reports. Public health officials, fretting over the state of sex ed in US schools, are now answering questions via text message. Some use multiple choice menus and automated responses, but... More »

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pregnancy • North Carolina • sex education • abstinence education • STD • text message • texting • teenager • mobile phones

(Newser) - Police have arrested a British man for allegedly keeping his HIV status secret while having unprotected sex with women, the BBC reports. Cops in Cornwall and Devon captured the suspect after multiple complaints from women who say they learned of his infection after sleeping with him. The man, 39, can... More »

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crime • England • sex • STD • Britain • HIV/AIDS • Devon • unprotected sex

Planned Parenthood
Offers Gift Certificates

Patients can use money toward health exams—and abortion

Nov 26, 08 3:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Planned Parenthood of Indiana is making gift certificates available for the holiday season, infuriating right-to-life groups, WISH-TV reports. Though the certificates can be used for abortion, a Planned Parenthood representative said “they really are intended for preventative health care,” like breast exams and STD tests. The hope is... More »

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reproductive rights • abortion • Planned Parenthood • Right to Life • Indiana • STD • holiday season • gift certificate

50 High School Teens in
St. Louis Exposed to HIV

School sets up testing lab in gym after learning dozens may be infected

Oct 24, 08 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health officials in a small town near St. Louis have set up an HIV testing clinic in a high school gym after an infected person said up to 50 students may have been exposed, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. School officials won't say whether that person is a student or... More »

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high school • HIV • St. Louis • STD • HIV/AIDS • high school students

STD? Slap Your Ex With Lawsuit

Courts move toward holding people liable for infecting partner — even unknowingly

Oct 16, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - California courts are deciding a civil dispute that could change first-date conversations. A woman is suing her ex-husband for allegedly giving her HIV, though he claims to not have known he was infected at the time, MSNBC writes. The case follows successful wins in Iowa and New York by plaintiffs... More »

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HPV • sex • sexual behavior • STD • relationship • civil lawsuits • HIV/AIDS

New HIV Study Shows Disease Accelerating

CDC finds 40% more cases than thought; blacks' rate alarming

Sep 12, 08 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new CDC study of Americans with HIV conducted with new technology shows that the virus is spreading faster than previously thought, reports the New York Times. In 2006, more than 56,000 were newly infected with the virus that causes AIDS—40% more than anticipated. The study also showed... More »

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AIDS • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • HIV • public health • infection • STD • HIV/AIDS • African-Americans • white people

Sex in the
City: 26% of 
New Yorkers
Have Herpes

City well above
national average

Jun 10, 08 4:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sex in the Big Apple comes with a higher risk of herpes than the national average, the New York Post reports. A full 26% of the city's inhabitants carry the virus that causes genital herpes. The condition only manifests itself in 15% of carriers but health officials warn that herpes... More »

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AIDS • New York City • New York • HIV • STD • safe sex • herpes • AIDS prevention

 Scientists Warn Doctors
 of Syphilis Comeback 

Cases are on the rise, doctors not spotting the symptoms

Mar 18, 08 4:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health researchers have warned that syphilis is making a comeback, and doctors may not be recognizing the symptoms. Developed countries came closing to wiping out the disease in the '90s, Reuters reports, but infection rates in the US went up last year for the seventh year in a row. A... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • public health • epidemic • sex education • syphilis • STD • safe sex

One-Quarter
of Teen Girls Have STDs

Most common infection is HPV, which can cause cervical cancer

Mar 11, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least one in four teen girls in the US—that's over three million people—has a sexually transmitted disease, a new CDC study shows. By far the most common infection is the human papillomavirus, which can cause cervical cancer, the AP reports. An STD expert calls the new figures... More »

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HPV • cervical cancer • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • STD • teen health • teenager

Columbus
Gave Europe Syphilis

Disease originated
with explorer's return from New World

Jan 15, 08 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - New genetic evidence gives Christopher Columbus credit for bringing back a different sort of bounty from the New World—the scourge of syphilis. Columbus and his crew returned home with a sexually transmitted form of a disease native to South America, say Emory University researchers. Soon after, the first known... More »

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syphilis • STD • Emory University • Columbus • New World • Native Americans • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Syphilis Makes
a Surprise Comeback

Infection rates in Europe have soared
on safe-sex fatigue

Dec 20, 07 5:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Syphilis, the sexual scourge of the 19th century, was all but vanquished in Europe in the fifties. But it's making a comeback, with 2006 UK infection rates 10 times what they were a decade earlier, and other nations boasting similar stats. Health officials blame the upsurge on the rise of... More »

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public health • sexual health • syphilis • STD • online dating • HIV/AIDS

US AIDS Numbers Adjusted Up

New testing method discovers infection spreading faster

Dec 1, 07 6:22 AM CST
(Newser) - AIDS is spreading faster among Americans than had been thought, the Washington Post reports. A new method of testing that distinguishes recent infections from older ones shows that the number of people becoming infected each year in the US is 50% higher than previously estimated, for an average of 60,... More »

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AIDS • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • public health • STD

Chlamydia Cases Hit Record High

Doctors worry number of  hidden cases
could be much higher

Nov 14, 07 4:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Known cases of chlamydia in the US have topped a million for the first time, with the highest rates among adolescent girls, USA Today reports. Under-reporting of the sexually transmitted disease means the real number could be nearly three times higher. Syphilis and gonorrhea are also on the rise,... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • superbug • syphilis • STD • chlamydia • gonorrhea

Chlamydia Makes Men Infertile

Antibiotics treatment helps 86% of couples conceive

Oct 15, 07 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chlamydia makes men infertile too, a new study finds. Spanish scientists say that infected sperm has three times more damage, or DNA fragmentation, as healthy sperm. Its density, shape and swimming ability also decline. But an antibiotics treatment repaired the damage by 36% over 4 months, and almost 90% of... More »

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STD • fertility treatment • chlamydia • male fertility

Syphilis Surges in Surprise Comeback

Experts worry about increasing infection rate among women

Aug 12, 07 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just two years after it was almost eradicated, syphilis is experiencing a stunning comeback across the nation, health officials report. Nearly twice as many cases were reported in New York City in the first three months of this year, compared to the same time last year, the New York Times ... More »

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health • women's health • disease • HIV • sex • condom • infection • syphilis • STD

Birth Control Prices at US Colleges Skyrocket

Female students may no longer be able to afford the Pill

Jul 26, 07 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many college students may no longer be able to afford birth control come September, thanks to a 2006 bill that discourages drug companies from offering schools deep discounts on contraceptives. The change went into effect this year, but students will feel the crunch only now, as health centers that stocked... More »

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contraception • pregnancy • pharmaceutical companies • sexual health • birth control • college • condom • contraceptive patch • STD • birth control pill • college student

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