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Salt Lake County is seeing an increase in a sexually transmitted disease that public health officials once expected to be eradicated. The number of syphilis cases has jumped dramatically during the past decade, from one in 2000 to 33 and counting this year.
Bend-La Pine Schools is updating its sex education policy to reflect revised state laws, and in the process sixth-graders will now likely move from an abstinence-only program to classes with limited information about condoms, oral contraceptives and sexually transmitted diseases.At tonight’s meeting, the school board will conduct a first reading of the revised policy, which has been updated to ...
Vintage V.D. sign spotted at Brandeis High School on the Upper West Side. (Sam Park) In 2005, the city started an education and testing program to help STD-infected high school students, but kids today just can't seem to get enough of these STDs, and now statistics suggest that more students are infected with chlamydia or gonorrhea than when the program started. Nearly 6 percent of the 11,410 ...
Within 2 years of having sex for the first time, half of teenage girls may be infected with at least one of three common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), according to results of a new study.
How to make sure you’re not behind the curve in talking to teens about STDs, condoms, and saying no
Newton Today’s Choice Resource Center for Pregnancy & Sexual Health was among 20 organizations in the state to receive a grant from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey.
SDG Systems, LLC (SDG) announced today the MIL-STD-810F certification of the Bluebird Pidion BIP-6000. The MIL-STD-810F testing was completed by a A2LA-accredited laboratory in the United States. Based upon the satisfactory completion of the MIL-STD-810F tests, the BIP-6000 is now certified under the following testing methods.
The state law that changes how sex education is taught in schools may mean major modifications for some school districts, but Gaston County Schools Superintendent Reeves McGlohon said an overhaul probably won’t be necessary here. “To be honest...
CAMP RED CLOUD, South Korea — A program that officials said put a dent in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases among U.S. soldiers in South Korea is running out of money.
Something might be up, but it's not John Otto's bank account. The former patient of Dr. Arnold Melman, a world-renowned erectile dysfunction expert, says he lost $1 million investing in a gene therapy company recommended by the man-doc.
San Francisco health officials reported an alarming increase in new syphilis cases last year after years of declines. New syphilis cases rose 55.8 percent in 2008 over the previous year, San Francisco public health officials reported. The increase was...
