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sexually transmitted diseases

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  1. Diseases that can be passed to other persons through sexual contact. AIDS, gonorrhea, herpes, and syphilis are examples of sexually transmitted diseases.


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In Kentucky, educators can’t teach sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases before sixth grade, and parents must provide consent for older students.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Millions of Americans have used GoodRx, a drug discount app, to search for lower prices on prescriptions like antidepressants, H.I.V. medications and treatments for sexually transmitted diseases at their local drugstores.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023

Despite the staffing reduction, Ashley said contact tracing remains a core duty of the health department: Epidemiologists and disease investigators have long monitored the spread of hepatitis, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in the District.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2022

Right now, there is no coordinated national response, as there is for sexually transmitted diseases or COVID-19, to tick-borne disease in the U.S.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2022

John Zenilman of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, an expert on sexually transmitted diseases, has another explanation: the breakdown of medical services in the city’s poorest neighborhoods.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell