Mad about STDs (The Telegraph)

WOOD RIVER - Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise across the nation but are especially high in Madison County. In 2006, Madison County was third in the nation for chlamydia, fourth in the nation for gonorrhea and sixth in the nation for primary and secondary syphilis.

Researchers to begin study aimed at helping Latino HIV patients (EurekAlert!)

( Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center ) Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will soon begin researching how a lack of trust in formal medicine is contributing to disproportionately higher mortality rates in Latino HIV patients than in white HIV patients across the country.

Health officials worry as gonorrhea makes comeback in North (CBC North)

Medical authorities in Nunavut and northern Quebec say they're concerned about the resurgence of gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection, across the region.

Chlamydia cases up in Inland counties; gonorrhea up too in Riverside County, down in S.B. County (The Press-Enterprise)

Riverside County's reports of chlamydia and gonorrhea, two of the nation's most common sexually transmitted diseases, remained on the rise in 2007, according to recent survey released by the county's public health department.

Report: Up to 2 Years for Foreigners With AIDS to Enter U.S. (Fox News)

It has been more than 20 years since the United States has allowed foreigners with HIV or AIDS to legally enter the country, and it could be two more before they will be able to despite a new law.

U.S. to open borders to those with AIDS (UPI)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A federal law banning foreigners with HIV or AIDS from entering the United States is coming to an end.

Male circumcision could be even greater boon than thought (TODAYonline)

An Iraqi father steadys his son as he undergoes a circumcision at a clinic in Baghdad on July 13. Circumcision appears to offer men even greater protection against the AIDS virus than thought and also partially shield them against a common sexually-transmitted disease, two studies presented at the world AIDS conference said Thursday.

New study aims to help Latino HIV patients (News-Medical-Net)

Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will soon begin researching how a lack of trust in formal medicine is contributing to disproportionately higher mortality rates in Latino HIV patients than in white HIV patients across the country.

U.S. to open borders to those with AIDS (Moldova.org)

A federal law banning foreigners with HIV or AIDS from entering the United States is coming to an end.President Bush recently signed a bill giving $48 billion to fighting the disease that also removes the visitor provision from U.S. immigration law, reported the San Antonio Express News Sunday. Today everyone knows that you can't get AIDS from sitting next to someone on an airplane or sharing a ...

Support the rubber industry (The Star)

The key word when it comes to matters of exchanging bodily fluids is safe sex.

Premarital medical tests help better relations

Shilpi Rani Roy Nothing worse can happen to Rahmat Alii and his wife Laila Perveen.

Free Prescriptions Aim to Reduce the Rates of Kitsap Chlamydia

The sex partners of people who have chlamydia may receive free medication for their own treatment without ever seeing a doctor, under a new health program in Kitsap County.

Paris Hilton... Superhero?

Paris Hilton... Superhero? Posted by Dan Haggerty on 08.12.2008 Stan Lee and MTV have their work cut out for them... Paris Hilton has revealed she is creating a new superhero based on herself.

Gonorrhea Cases Nearly Double

The number of cases of two types of gonorrhea found in gay and bisexual men nearly doubled in San Diego County from 2006-2007, and the trend is continuing this year.

Potter STD rate high in Texas

It's an issue that leaves Amarillo public health officials searching for a clue.

Health officials worry as gonorrhea makes comeback in North

Medical authorities in Nunavut and northern Quebec say they're concerned about the resurgence of gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection, across the region.

Concentration of MSM contributes to high STD rate in South End

The South End leads the city in infection rates of several sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis, gonorrhea and HIV/AIDS, according to the most recent "Health of Boston" report published by the ...

International AIDS Funding Is Great, But Problem At Home

Earlier this week, President Bush signed legislation that authorizes $48 billion over the next five years to be spent around the globe preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing treatment to those ...

Rates of STd's Rising in the County

Submitted by knews on Sat, 08/02/2008 - 09:11. A study by the Riverside County Department of Public Health shows sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in the county, though rates statewide are going ...

New Condoms Marketed For Black Men

But Memphis has another potentially deadly problem most people don't like talking about: Sexually Transmitted Diseases.