Study: 1 in 4 teen girls has an STD - The Boston Globe
Study: 1 in 4 teen girls has an STD - The Boston Globe
[...] The study’s authors analyzed data on 838 girls between ages 14 and 19 who participated in the 2003-04 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, an annual study that assesses a broad range of health issues. For the analysis, the teens were tested for human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, trichomoniasis, and herpes. By far, the most common sexually transmitted disease was HPV. Of those infected, 15 percent had more than one STD.
For REAL?! This is amazing. ONE IN FOUR?! wow. And HALF of adolescent black girls. Whoa. One good piece of news is that the vaccine for the human papillomavirus is effective against cervical cancer as well as genital herpes.
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