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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Kids are spending more time online and on social media than ever before. And it’s impossible for parents to know exactly what is happening in all those chats, texts and ...

Durham County public health officials are hitting the streets to educate people about sexually transmitted diseases, following an increase in the number of local cases of HIV and syphilis. Durham ...

Sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S. increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and area health departments have seen the same trend with certain types of disease. The average rate of gonorrhea cases ...

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 ...