Illinois joins a growing number of states to adopt the sensible policy of “fast-tracking” STD treatment:
Found Via Womenstake:
These laws allow a health care provider to write a prescription for medicine to treat the partner of a person who has tested positive for an STD like chlamydia or gonorrhea. So: Bob goes [...]
Posts under ‘STIs/STDs’
Illinois Adopts STD “Shortcut” Treatment
STIs Increasing in Urban Teens
Here’s a report we found on the National Partnership for Women and Families website.
Half of female urban teens ages 14 through 17 contracted chlamydia, gonorrhea or trichomoniasis within two years of having sex for the first time, according to a new study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Reuters reports. Researchers followed [...]
STD Funding Shrinks
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 [...]
New STD Report: Young Women Most Vulnerable
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 [...]
STI Education and Testing in the News
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 [...]
