Tens of thousands of people travel yearly to the Super Bowl to take in the festivities and have a great time, but new data reveals they should be careful of a prevalent STD.
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STDcheck.com Confirms New Orleans as U.S. City with Highest Prevalence of Genital Herpes
STDcheck.com, which has provided fast, private and affordable STD tests to more than 2 million people since 2010, today announced that New Orleans is the U.S. city with the highest prevalence of genital herpes.
U.S. Adolescents Are Receiving Less Sex Education in Key Topics than 25 Years Ago
Only half of young people in the United States are getting sex education that meets minimum standards, according to a Rutgers researcher who found that adolescents are not receiving critical information. Of even greater concern is that a significant percentage of young people do not receive any information about birth control and sexually transmitted disease prevention before they begin to have sexual intercourse.
Expert Available to Comment on Record High STD Rates
David Gondek, an associate professor of biology at Ithaca College, is available to comment on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s announcement that chlamydia, syphilis and gonorhhea rates in the U.S. rhave risen for the fifth consecutive year. Gondek’s research focus…