Enlarge this image Disease intervention specialists, like Deneshun Graves with the Houston Health Department, work to reach pregnant women at high risk…
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MONDAY, March 18, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Shortfalls in HIV testing and treatment are hampering efforts to stop new infections of the…
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HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 27, 2019 (HealthDay News) — The battle against new HIV infections has lost some steam in recent years,…
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HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 25, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The number of newborns suffering from syphilis has nearly tripled in recent years,…
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Discreetly Tracking Down Sex Partners To Stop A Surge In STDs
by Kristian Foden-Vencil September 8, 2018Enlarge this image Mary Horman (left), a registered nurse for Clackamas County, and Liz Baca, a disease intervention specialist for the county,…
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HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 28, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The United States is experiencing a “steep and sustained” spike in sexually transmitted…
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Record High Number Of STD Infections In U.S., As Prevention Funding Declines
by Richard Harris August 28, 2018Enlarge this image A tinted transmission electron micrograph of Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria (light purple/black) inside a cell. Chlamydia is the most common…
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Trump’s Redirection Of Family Planning Funds Could Undercut STD Fight
by Michelle Andrews June 12, 2018Enlarge this image Staff members hold an informal meeting before opening the STD free clinic in February in Portland, Maine. The CDC…