The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of programs that test for communicable diseases and help prevent their spread. These same lessons should be applied to sexually transmitted diseases, ...

When a national study released in March found one in four girls aged 14 to 19 are infected with at least one sexually transmitted disease, some parents and teenagers were shocked. But physicians and ...

More than 19 million people in the U.S. are infected with sexually transmitted diseases and infections, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than half of those infected ...

It’s no secret among doctors and other health-care professionals that sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in the U.S. and other countries. As a urologist, I have certainly noticed an ...

In recent months, the concept of "comprehensive sex education" has been a popular point of discussion among legislators, school districts, sex education advocates and parents nationwide. These ...

Many Ghanaian preteens can name HIV but remain unaware of other sexually transmitted diseases, revealing deep gaps in sex education that experts say could endanger the next generation’s health, ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Some barbershops and salons across St. Louis are offering more than just a hair transformation – they’re offering STD and HIV education. Nearly a dozen shops have a partnership with ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Reports of sexually transmitted diseases have been on the rise in Rutherford County, according to numbers presented at the April 29 Health and Education Committee ...

Yahoo Life’s School Report Card: Sex Education series examines what adolescents are being taught about sexuality — and why it's about more than the birds and the bees. Parents, depending on their ...

More cringe than the most awkward of birds-and-the-bees talks was a December decision by a North East Independent School District health advisory panel charged with shaping the health and sex ...

Health department officials believe the way to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in teenagers is through education. 'My personal belief is we don't start educating young enough,' said ...