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Latest CDC report on teen behavior in the U.S. finds an 'overwhelming wave of violence and trauma' at never-before-seen levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts in high school students.
A 2008 study by the CDC found that one in 4 teen girls, or an estimated 3 million girls, has an STI. [50] The study of 838 girls who participated in a 2003–2004 government health survey found the highest overall prevalence among black girls; nearly half in the study were infected, compared to 20% among both white and Mexican-American teens ...
CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010; STD photo library Archived 21 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Dermnet; UNFPA: Breaking the Cycle of Sexually Transmitted Infections at UNFPA; STDs In Color: Sexually Transmitted Disease Facts and Photos; CDC: Sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S. STI Watch: World Health ...
Comprehensive sex education is the main topic in the documentary The Education of Shelby Knox (2005) about Lubbock, Texas, which has one of the highest teen pregnancy and STD rates in the nation; the "solution" to which is a strict abstinence-only sex education curriculum in the public schools and a conservative preacher who urges kids to ...
A record high number of girls in high school have experienced sexual violence in the past year. New data from the CDC says in 2021, 1 in 5 (18%) of girls in grades nine through 12 grade ...
We’re talking sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), which are at an all-time high for the sixth consecutive year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said in a new report released Tuesday, day ...
The Center for Prevention Services was formed in 1980 as one of the original five CDC centers, at the same time CDC's name changed from the singular "Center for Disease Control" to plural "Centers for Disease Control". [2] The Center for Prevention Services became the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention in 1996. [3]
Cases of sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs, and sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, have been steadily rising since the turn of the century, data shows, but a recent spike in cases of ...