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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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It notes that such centers often provide services such as free ultrasounds, pregnancy tests, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, and parenting and prenatal education classes.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 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

For instance, the museum has more than 10,000 posters relating to the prevention of H.I.V. and other sexually transmitted diseases — a handful of which are now on display in the permanent exhibition.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021

Among them are not only contraceptives and the anti-HIV PrEP drugs, but substance-abuse counseling, anti-smoking programs, screening for risks of cancer and sexually transmitted diseases, and child and adult immunization for 14 different conditions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2021

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

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