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From the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Website:
May 18th is HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD). This annual observance is a day to recognize and thank the thousands of volunteers, community members, health professionals, and scientists who are working together to find a safe and effective HIV vaccine. It is also a day to [...]
World AIDS Day is held on December 1st of every year as an international day to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS.
Yesterday, we had a post about the latest report by the Centers for Disease Control about the prevalence of STDs in the United States.
On RHrealtiycheck.org, we found an interesting commentary by Dr. Will Wong, a board member of National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD). Dr. Wong discusses how funding for STD [...]
A new report from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) looks at the rising rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in the United States. While the report shows there are approximately 19 million new STD infections each year, the highest risk group for contracting STDs are young women between the ages of 15 [...]
Because of rising Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) rates, some local governments are planning on instituting some new policies. From The Daily Women’s Health Report:
Washington, D.C., officials are planning to make testing for sexually transmitted infections available at all public high schools in the coming school year, adding D.C. to a growing list of [...]
From the ABC News website, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) found that after years of declining numbers, teenage birth rates and occurrences of STD infections are on the rise:
* About one-third of adolescents hadn’t received instruction on methods of birth control before age 18.
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We came across this story about a new online map that illustrates the rates of HIV infections in counties across the U.S. Compiled by the National Minority Quality Forum, the maps showed high results in areas of the southern U.S., specifically Georgia, Virginia and Florida.
More from PRNewswire.com:
* The [...]
A new study by Sandra L. Martin and Rebecca J. Macy looks at sexual violence and how it impacts women’s behavioral and reproductive health. From Vawnet.org:
Adult female sexual violence survivors are more likely than other women to engage in unsafe sex practices, including having multiple sex partners, not negotiating condom use, having sex with [...]
A new study published in May/June issue of the journal General Hospital Psychiatry, demonstrates a link between intimate partner violence and HIV infection.
The results showed that women who experience violence from their partners were more than three times as likely to have HIV infection as women who do not. In addition, almost 12 [...]
