Kansas City Star: One in four U.S. teenage girls has an STD, study finds
You may recall my post about STDs from the social indicators series. I identified this as one of the few truly disturbing negative trends. Well…
For too many teenage girls, the numbers released Tuesday hold the threat of infertility and cancer.
For the experienced U.S. health experts who reported them, the data were alarming and disappointing.
More than one in four teenage girls in the U.S. has a sexually transmitted disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
That translates to 3.2 million girls ages 14 to 19 who are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes simplex virus, or trichomoniasis. Among girls with STDs, 15 percent had more than one. …
Houston, we have a problem.
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