sexually transmitted diseases

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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Glastonbury kicks off the festival season - but ongoing risks around measles, sexually transmitted diseases and illegal drugs remain.

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Scientists at the U.S. labs that track sexually transmitted diseases, such as drug-resistant gonorrhea and viral hepatitis, were laid off.

Information on HIV and sexually transmitted diseases disappeared.

This is what made her decide to write about sexually transmitted diseases in the upcoming series in January.

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She provided a doctor with blood samples and was swabbed for sexually transmitted diseases.

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