STDs
Gonorrhea reaches outbreak levels in Clark County
Clark County is currently experiencing a gonorrhea outbreak. Dr. Alan Melnick, county health officer, said Clark County Public Health recorded 94 cases of the sexually transmitted disease during the fourth quarter […]
Higher alcohol taxes lead to lower STD rates
Researchers discovered that increasing taxes on alcohol can have a perhaps unexpected result: lower gonorrhea rates. University of Florida Health researchers found that increasing state alcohol taxes could help prevent sexually […]
Women in need of reproductive health education
“The science of baby-making still a mystery for many women,” so says researchers at Yale School of Medicine. Certainly, I thought, this news release title has to be a bit of […]
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ has herpes
First, let me start by saying: Ewwww. “Fifty Shades of Grey” has herpes. Yes, you read that correctly. Two Belgian university professors performed bacteriology and toxicology tests on the 10 most borrowed books […]
High school condom dispensers
Access to condoms just got a whole lot easier for high schoolers in Philadelphia. In an effort to curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases between students, 22 public high schools […]