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A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also referred to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the older term venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, or sometimes manual sex.
When she had no one to talk to about her herpes diagnosis, TikTok became a listening ear.
STDs are defined by the CDC as “infections you can get from having sex with someone who has an infection”. [62] There are more than twenty types of identifiable STDs caused by bacteria, parasites, or viruses. [62] Within one year in the United States there are an estimated 12 million cases of sexually transmitted diseases that occur.
According to former pornographic actress Shelley Lubben, a 1980s outbreak of HIV led to the death of 27 porn stars between 1985 and 1992, including Wade Nichols (who died in 1985), [8] John Holmes (1988), Marc Stevens (1989), and Al Parker (1992). [8] When Nichols died in 1985, [8] his fellow porn star Ron Jeremy denied that Nichols' death was ...
The new study used CDC data to determine the list of cities with high rates of STDs. 2 NC cities have among the highest STD rates in the country. See the full list
In March, CDC data showed that chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis diagnoses in people over 55 had more than doubled between 2012 and 2022, with syphilis in particular increasing sevenfold. Similar ...
The study was led by the U.S. Public Health Service, beginning in 1946, up until 1948. [12] The experiments were initially supposed to be held at a prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, but were moved to Guatemala after researchers had a hard time consistently infecting prisoners with gonorrhea. [13]
Last year, 14 of the 25 U.S. cities with the highest STD infection rates were in the South — meaning a region with roughly 39% of the the U.S. population contributed over half of the 25 cities ...