When a national study released in March found one in four girls aged 14 to 19 are infected with at least one sexually transmitted disease, some parents and teenagers were shocked. But physicians and ...

In recent months, the concept of "comprehensive sex education" has been a popular point of discussion among legislators, school districts, sex education advocates and parents nationwide. These ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of programs that test for communicable diseases and help prevent their spread. These same lessons should be applied to sexually transmitted diseases, ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control ...

The following are brief descriptions of innovative programs for providing STD-related clinical services that were visited by the committee during its site visits to the Chicago and Atlanta areas in ...

What are teens learning about sex ed? It all depends on where they live. (Collage: Getty Images / Nathalie Cruz for Yahoo Life) Yahoo Life’s School Report Card: Sex Education series examines what ...

The idea that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) always announce themselves with uncomfortable or visible symptoms is a dangerous misconception that health experts are working to correct. Research ...

The committee concludes that prevention of STDs is technically feasible today in the United States, but an effective national system for STD prevention currently does not exist, and, as a result, STDs ...