"The burden of STIs is staggering," said Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention. At a time when sexually transmitted infections are at an all-time high, they have fallen out of the national conversation, he said. "Yet...
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Dr. John Douglas, director of the CDC's division of STDprevention, said the results are the first to examine the combinednational prevalence of common sexually transmitted diseases amongadolescent girls. He said the data, from 2003-04, likely reflectcurrent rates of infection. "High STD rates a...
To achieve an AIDS-free generation, the federal government is setting its sights on America's youth, a segment of the population with high infection rates -- and low testing rates. Of the estimated 12,200 new HIV infections that occurred in 2010 in the 13-to-24 age group, 72 percen...
Circumcision rates have gone way down. Researchers found that the procedure is somewhat less common today than it was 10 years ago. The report was written in light of research that proves circumcision greatly reduces the risk of contracting and numerous other STDs during penile-vaginal sex. The ...
has increased by 1 year; however, the number of persons who died prematurely was relatively constant. The years of potential life lost declined for eight of the 10 leading causes of death. Age-adjusted rates declined among all leading causes except deaths attributable to Alzheimer's disease and...
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Methods A total of 175 316 blood samples were collected,and TP and toluidine red non-heating test( TRUST) were performed to analyze the positive rates of TP and TRUST in the survey population,age,gender,and specimen sources. TP was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay( ELISA). ...
"High STD rates among young women, particularlyAfrican-American young women, are clear signs that we must continuedeveloping ways to reach those most at risk," Douglas said. The CDC's Dr. Kevin Fenton said given that STDs can causeinfertility and cervical cancer in women, "screening, vaccinati...