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Gladys H. Reynolds. Gladys H. Reynolds is an American statistician who did pioneering research on modeling sexually transmitted diseases . She worked for many years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was the first female chief of a CDC statistics branch, and the first statistician to serve in that role. [1]
It is estimated that more than two-thirds of the global population has herpes, though it mostly lies dormant. Human papillomavirus infection. 800,000,000 [4] Chlamydia. 450,000,000 [5] Hepatitis B. 356,000,000 [6] Preventable with the Hepatitis B vaccine. Gonorrhea.
In England, surveillance data published in 2022 suggested that STI diagnoses rose 22% from 2014 to 2019 among people ages 45 and up. Chlamydia was the most common, followed by gonorrhea. Chlamydia ...
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. [1] [5] [6] STIs often do not initially cause symptoms, [1] which results ...
Story at a glance Sexually transmitted disease rates are rising among adults 55 years old and older, according to data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Cases of gonorrhea ...
Why it’s not just another STD. Irene Wright. February 1, 2024 at 4:44 PM. Cases of syphilis have hit record high numbers following a five-year trend, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
The CDC said in 2007, 35% of US high school students were currently sexually active and 47.8% of US high school students reported having had sexual intercourse. In 2017, the percentage sexually active was down to 28.7%, and the percentage who had ever had intercourse was 39.5%.
In March 2007, the center was renamed to the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) from the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) to reflect the addition of CDC's Viral Hepatitis program. In December 2020, Demetre Daskalakis was named director of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention.