STIs
Porn Stars Back to Work but Controversy Persists Over Industry Handling of Prevention
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
September 8, 2011 - 11:24am (Print)
Last week the porn industry voluntarily shut down production on movie sets around the country after an unnamed actress initially tested positive for HIV. While it turned out to be a false positive, the incident exposed the ongoing controversy around industry handling of the possibility of spreading infections on set.
Voters in Two California Cities Asked to Ban Male Circumcision Based on Scientifically Inaccurate Claims
by Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check
June 6, 2011 - 1:39pm (Print)
Activists opposed to male circumcision hope that someday cutting a boy's foreskin will be a federal crime. In the meantime, they're working to ban the procedure in two California cities.
What Monty Python Can Teach Us About Fighting Gonorrhea
by Kenneth Katz
May 12, 2011 - 12:26pm (Print)
It’s time to start taking gonorrhea prevention and control more seriously, before we end up - like the Black Knight - without a leg to stand on.
Lessons Learned: STD Awareness Month 2011
by Gail Bolan, Director, Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention Program
April 29, 2011 - 12:05pm (Print)
STD Awareness Month (SAM) is important because of the potential harm of untreated STDs, including adverse pregnancy outcomes, infertility, cancers of the reproductive tract, and increased likelihood of HIV transmission.
What the Attack on Medicaid Means for Reproductive Health Care
April 28, 2011 - 10:27am (Print)
Any cut to Medicaid is a threat to reproductive healthcare. During this political War on Women, it is not unreasonable to assume that the first thing on the chopping block will be reproductive health services and women’s health care.
Health Equity? Still Waiting But On the Right Track
by Dana Cropper Williams, National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD)
April 25, 2011 - 9:13pm (Print)
As an African-American female who has worked in public health for 20 years I am a little exhausted of the slow progress that the United States has made concerning health equity for minority populations.
(UPDATED) The Budget Stalemate and the Major Media Fail on Riders
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
April 7, 2011 - 5:35pm (Print)
As the uncertainty of the very real-life drama about the budget stalemate and threatened shutdown of the federal government drags on, there is one thing you can count on. Every single major media outlet has gotten the story about riders wrong.
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Racism is Shameful. Sex Isn't.
by Jill Morrison, National Women's Law Center
February 10, 2011 - 9:41am (Print)
Hispanic women are 15 times more likely and Black women three more times likely than white women to be tested for Chlamydia. Dare I say racial differences in STI testing is due to doctors’ racial prejudices about the sexual behaviors of Women of Color?
Get Real! Out, Out Damn UTI!
by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com
December 16, 2010 - 9:16am (Print)
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) probably are not influenced by how you clean your body after sex, but there are a host of preventative measures you can take if you're not taking them already.
Roundup: STIs and HIV Continue to Wreak Havoc While the United States Congress Prepares to Battle...What? Abortion
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
November 24, 2010 - 10:58am (Print)
Despite some progress in reducing the incidence of gonorrhea in the United States, spyhillis and chlamydia continue to rise; women and girls make up an ever-increasing share of all those infected with HIV worldwide, and despite promises re: jobs! jobs! jobs! the Tea Party and conservative Republicans are gearing up to pat down your uterus daily.
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