sexually transmitted disease

Women’s Health Services Take a Hit in Attack on Planned Parenthood

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 2, 2015 Planned Parenthood has been enduring a reinvigorated assault from the right of late, and once again, because all the services of the women's health organization are being filed under the heading of "abortion," the whole "women's health" aspect is overshadowed. Guess who loses? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Johns Hopkins Sued for $1 Billion Over Deliberate STD Infection Scheme

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 2, 2015 More than 750 plaintiffs are suing the Johns Hopkins Hospital System Corp. over its role in medical experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s and 1950s in which subjects—including orphans, other children and mental patients, according to plaintiffs—were deliberately infected with venereal diseases without their consent. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Condom Crackdown Subverts HIV Prevention Efforts

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 19, 2012 Women who carry around condoms -- including sex workers who use them to protect themselves from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases -- are being criminalized in cities across the United States, as police agencies view possession of prophylactics as evidence of prostitution. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CDC Urges ‘Boomers’ to Get Tested for Hep C Infection

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2012 Did you know? May 19 is “National Hepatitis Testing Day” and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that all baby boomers, the group believed to account for 75 percent of hepatitis C infections in the United States, get checked. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chlamydia Climbing

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2011 Here’s a bit of bad news for the sexually active: Chlamydia infections in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2010 with 1.3 million cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's the largest number ever reported for any condition, the agency says. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )