Nationally Representative CDC Study Finds 1 in 4 Teenage Girls Has a Sexually Transmitted Disease "3.2 Million Female Adolescents Estimated to Have at Least One of the Most Common STDs" Chicago (March 11, 2008) – A CDC study released today estimates that one in four (26 … [Read more...] about One in Four Girls…
HIV/AIDS
Women and HIV/AIDS
“Women are increasingly affected by AIDS. In 1985, less than five percent of new AIDS cases in the U.S. were among women and girls ages 13 years and older. By 2005, it was nearly 27 percent.” Around the world, women now make up half of all people living with HIV, the human … [Read more...] about Women and HIV/AIDS