At least one in four teenage American girls has STD

[BingoTheClowno]

CHICAGO — At least one in four teenage American girls has a sexually transmitted disease, suggests a first-of-its-kind federal study that startled some adolescent health experts.

[kensuguro]

isn't hepatitis an std too? I was briefed by a health professional (dentist) the other day that over half the population in the US had some form of hepatitis.. either transmitted through sex or by some other means. so I wonder if that counts.

I asked because I see so many advertisements about cold sores..

[garyb]

clamydia and sexually transmitted yeast infections. these stats are such a distraction. you can't go around encouraging young people to wear a condom and have lots of sex and not assume that the horny little buggers will take the advice to heart and to hell with "safety". if you don't want your daughters and sisters to be little pus whores, don't pass them around so many times.

no, i guess it's better to have the good looking ones walk around half undressed and just see what developes....(i like looking at them)

oooh the handwringing! oh the humanity!

[garyb]

your girls aren't any better.

[garyb]

german girls have clamydia nad have been exposed to hpv as well. there aren't any real barriers as to who infects whom. most of these cases of stds are relatively harmless, but they still count statisticly.

[garyb]

nearly every human on the planet that has had multiple partners has been exposed to hpv and clamydia(just like the common cold and the flu). unless you have a health problem, these stds will never be an issue or cause sickness.