Kasia Anderson / TruthdigSep 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 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 )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 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 )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 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 )
Staff / TruthdigNov 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 )
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