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Getting down results in STDs  -  25 Mar 2008
MSU State News,Reported cases of gonorrhea also increased by about 20 percent in the same time span, with 623 cases in 2006 and 531 cases in 2000.

Targeting sex diseases among teens  -  25 Mar 2008
Buffalo News,There has been an increase in the numbers of chlamydia and gonorrhea in the county, Dr. Anthony J. Billittier IV, Erie County health commissioner, said,

Senate to debate lifting ban on HIV-positive visitors to US  -  25 Mar 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,The federal health agency now lists eight diseases - including HIV, tuberculosis, leprosy and gonorrhea - as basis for denying admission as a tourist or

Drug-resistant staph found to be passed in gay sex  -  25 Mar 2008
GlobalTV,Incidence of MRSA is rising along with the resurgence of syphilis, rectal gonorrhea, and new HIV infections partly because of changes in beliefs about the

Talk to teens about STDs, urges local expert  -  25 Mar 2008
Sault Star,Canuck kids are having sex younger than ever and girls are several times more likely to get chlamydia and gonorrhea than their male counterparts,

Leflore sees STD rise among young people  -  Mar 23, 2008
Jackson Clarion Ledger,Nurses found her to be suffering from chlamydia and gonorrhea. "The cases that we are getting are in younger people," said Jerome Winston,

Report finds Colorado cities healthy  -  Mar 24, 2008
Rocky Mountain News,Denver ranks 21st highest among the 43 cities that reported rates of gonorrhea, a sexually-transmitted disease. The rate among blacks in Denver is eight

Teens hard to reach with STD warning  -  Mar 22, 2008
Springfield State Journal Register,The CDC and state and local health departments track three STDs as they arediagnosed and reported: chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.

Higher Gonorrhea Rates among African Americans than among White ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
Annals of Internal MedicineFirst, the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) is not designed to monitor gonorrhea incidence in the United States; it is a sentinel surveillance

Judge denies bond in gonorrhea case  -  Mar 17, 2008
Florence Morning News,Alford faces two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor after authorities say he gave a four-year-old child and five-year-old child, gonorrhea.

Danville girls at high risk of STIs  -  Mar 22, 2008
Danville Register and Bee,Affecting 82 of those patients, chlamydia was the most common disease, while gonorrhea infected 10 patients. There were no reports of syphilis or HIV/AIDs,

Bond hearing set for suspect in gonorrhea case  -  Mar 14, 2008
Florence Morning News,By Jamie Durant A time and date has been set for a bond hearing for the Dillon man accused of giving two Dillon County children gonorrhea.

Gonorrhea case suspect?s record shows indecent exposure charge  -  Mar 11, 2008
Florence Morning News,By Jamie Durant The criminal record of the Dillon man arrested Monday in connection with the case of two Dillon County children who contracted gonorrhea

Sex Diseases in Many Gay Men Go Unfound, Experts Say  -  Mar 12, 2008
New York Times,They said the test, used in new ways, could detect twice as many cases of gonorrhea and chlamydia as standard tests. Those diseases, along with syphilis,

Police: 17-year-old Gave Young Children Gonorrhea  -  Mar 10, 2008
WLTX.com,...a 17-year-old was arrested Monday by Dillon police after they say he gave two children, ages four and five, the sexally transmitted disease gonorrhea.

Syphilis Skyrockets In US  -  Mar 13, 2008
CBS News,Meanwhile, a CDC study found that tests for another common STD -gonorrhea - miss one in three infections among men who have sex with men.

Chlamydia and gonorrhea rates high in county  -  Mar 6, 2008
SIU - Daily Egyptian,Medications treating chlamydia and gonorrhea, STDs that are easily treated if detected, would be available to the partners of those diagnosed with the

Sibling of children who contracted gonorrhea, tests positive for STD  -  Mar 3, 2008
South Carolina Now,By Patricia Burkett Dillon police say a sibling of the four and five year old children who contracted gonorrhea in February, has also tested positive for a

Treating chlamydia, gonorrhea  -  Mar 3, 2008
TheNewsTribune.com,Gonorrhea is usually cured by Vantin, which costs $26 a dose, Pepperdine said. Partners of people with either infection can pick up the drugs for free if

Teens need to get facts on STDs  -  Mar 21, 2008
Chicago Daily Herald,Syphilis causes ulcerating lesions, gonorrhea causes inflammation and pain. Chlamydia may have no symptoms but later cause infertility.

Dillon Police following leads in gonorrhea case  -  Feb 27, 2008
Florence Morning News,By Patricia Burkett Dillon Police say they are following up on several leads in the case of two young children who contracted gonorrhea.

Two Girls Younger than 5 Found with Gonorrhea  -  Feb 26, 2008
WLTX.com,...(Dillon) -- A television station is reporting that two young girls in Dillon were found with gonorrhea, and Dillon police are investigating the incident.

Parents arrested in the child gonorrhea case  -  Feb 28, 2008
Florence Morning News,By Rebekah Carter News 13 has learned that the parents of the four-and-five-year-old children who were diagnosed with gonorrhea have been arrested and

Teens have sex but don't have the facts  -  Mar 17, 2008
Chicago Tribune,Young women ages 13 to 19 made up about a third of the city's 23536 chlamydia cases in 2006 and about 26 percent of the city's 9853 gonorrhea cases that

Instead Sciences, Inc. Announces Plans For Launch Of Microbicide ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Emediawire (press release),...in clinical studies to also prevent the contraction of certain sexually transmitted diseases, including HSV (Herpes), gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and HIV.

A new front in the STD war  -  Mar 16, 2008
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette,Expedited partner therapy wouldn't stop gonorrhea and chlamydia, public health experts say, but it stands to make a big difference to those caught in the

Keeping a focus on youth STDs  -  Mar 19, 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer,Last year, 1790 boys and 5198 girls 15 to 19 years old were reported with chlamydia, and an additional 505 boys and 1003 girls were infected with gonorrhea.

Why Neil Left Big Brotherâ€¦  -  Mar 21, 2008
BuzzKilled,So, those foul-mouthed rumors (especially the oneâ€™s from Evel Dick claiming he left because he had gonorrhea) are wrong. How does that make you feel now?

Fighting STDs: Sex education best done in schools  -  Mar 13, 2008
Salt Lake Tribune,Utah's incidence of gonorrhea increased faster here than anywhere else in the nation between 2000 and 2005, and the rate of chlamydia has grown alarmingly.

Alabama ranks fifth in nation in STD rates  -  Mar 16, 2008
Opelika Auburn News,The Alabama Department of Public Health recorded three types of STDs for Lee County last year: syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia.

Many STIs Not Detected in US Because of Lack of Testing Among MSM ...  -  Mar 14, 2008
Kaiser network.org,CDC recommends annual blood tests for HIV and syphilis, and other tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia, the Times reports. Three studies conducted by CDC

Study: Homosexual Men More Likely to Consult Mental Health Services  -  Mar 21, 2008
Dakota Voice,Homosexuals also experience much higher rates of other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Herpes and Syphilis.

STD message outdated?  -  Mar 13, 2008
Edmonton Sun,..."Chlamydia, gonorrhea and infectious syphilis rates are on the rise and have been since 2000," she said. "In 2002, we had no cases of syphilis per 100000

QC officials say education key to preventing STDs  -  Mar 11, 2008
Quad-Cities Online,30, 2007, Ms. Foes said there were 38 reported cases of chlamydia in girls between 15 and 19, seven cases of gonorrhea and no cases of syphilis.

To infect a predator: Underage sex stings  -  Mar 17, 2008
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,In other words, if men aren't smart enough to fear a police sting, let's hope they'll fear the sting, itch and inflammation caused by herpes or gonorrhea.

Million STI cases annually  -  Mar 18, 2008
The National,...â€œSo by preventing and treating common curable STIs such as gonorrhea or syphilis, we can help control HIV/AIDS too,â€? he said. Mr Jain said a study conducted

Roll up your sleeves and get a little sweaty for free tickets  -  Mar 20, 2008
Fairfield Mirror (subscription),If you're accepted in this "rigorous" pool of applicants, you will undergo many tests for chlamydia, HIV-I and HIV-II, hepatitis B, syphilis and gonorrhea.

Syphilis up in gay men â€“ except in SF  -  Mar 13, 2008
Bay Area Reporter,Those tests should include syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea in the penis, rectum, and throat. A gonorrhea infection in the urethra of the penis often is

CDC Cites Continuing Syphilis Resurgence  -  Mar 12, 2008
MedPage Today,The CDC has recommended since 2002 that men who have sex with men get annual testing for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. A study of STD clinics in eight

One in Four Girls has STD, New CDC Study Estimates  -  Mar 14, 2008
BYU Newsnet,From 2002 to 2007, chlamydia cases in Utah have increased by 62 percent and gonorrhea cases increased by 117 percent. Females accounted for 68 percent of

News From Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood  -  Mar 7, 2008
ReadMedia (Press Release),UHPP now carries a urine-based screening method for chlamydia and gonorrhea. The screening is priced on a sliding-fee scale with the costs varying from free

The ABCs of STDs  -  Mar 14, 2008
American Council on Science and Health,Surprisingly the girls were not tested for gonorrhea or syphilis, which are also common (in fact, a new report outlines the significant increase in syphilis

'Father of Christian Rock' Dies  -  Feb 28, 2008
NPROne of the lines is, you've got gonorrhea on Valentine's Day and you're still looking for the perfect lay, well, why don't you look into Jesus,

Local centers to offer free STD tests  -  Mar 16, 2008
Indiana Daily StudentHIV, hepatitis, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia tests are also available at the Future Family Planning Clinic from noon to 7 pm Tuesdays and from 9 am to

The 'talk': birds, bees, disease  -  Mar 13, 2008
Cincinnati Enquirer,Officials at the Northern Kentucky Health Department say in the last three yearscases of chlamydia hve doubled and gonorrhea is up by 50 percent.

Bibb Teens Infected With STDs  -  Mar 12, 2008
13wmaz,She says these days she treats girls as young as twelve for diseases like chlamydia and gonorrhea. "These young girls who are not aware that they have this

Syphilis Cases Rise Among Gay Men  -  Mar 12, 2008
365Gay.comThe CDC also reported that data from several STD clinics suggest that more than one-third of rectal gonorrhea infections and more than a quarter of

CDC: One in Four SC Teen Girls Has an STD  -  Mar 12, 2008
WLTX.com,South Carolina ranks third overall for gonorrhea cases, statistics say. The study found the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common

New bill could flare up fight against STDs  -  Mar 9, 2008
Peoria Journal Star,The bill, specifically targeting chlamydia and gonorrhea, provides the partners of people diagnosed with these STDs with antibiotics that are effective with

Editorial: Birds, bees and STDs  -  Mar 15, 2008
Bangor Daily News,According to studies cited by the World Health Organization, the gonorrhea prevalence among teen girls in the United States is higher than in Chile,

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