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Confronting the Staggering Toll of STDs in the African American Community

Black Voices - Fri Nov 20, 4:46 pm ET

Filed under: Sexual Health African-Americans continue to bear a greater burden of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) than any other racial or ethnic group in the United States. A CDC report released this week shows that, just as is the case for the HIV epidemic, African-Americans are disproportionately impacted by other STDs. Both the number of STD cases reported in 2008, and rates of all three ...