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Explore ways to make sex safer and communicate with your sexual partners about your expectations and boundaries.| American Sexual Health Association
The CDC just released STI Surveillance Data for 2024 that show cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis are slowly declining. The post Latest Data Shows that Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis Rates are Dropping first appeared on American Sexual Health Association.| American Sexual Health Association
Experts say that vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B is one of the most important things we do to protect infants. The post Why It’s Important to Vaccinate Newborns for Hepatitis B first appeared on American Sexual Health Association.| American Sexual Health Association
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver that can be caused by a group of viruses—hepatitis A, B, C, D and E. When hepatitis viruses damage liver cells, scar tissue is formed and those cells can no longer function. The post Viral Hepatitis (A, B, C, D and E) first appeared on American Sexual Health Association.| American Sexual Health Association
Why are STI rates so high among young people? For insight we chatted with Dr. J. Dennis Fortenberry, a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. The post Talking Birds and Bees in the 21st Century first appeared on American Sexual Health Association.| American Sexual Health Association
Explore ways to make sex safer and communicate with your sexual partners about your expectations and boundaries.| American Sexual Health Association
Syphilis can be treated more easily if it is caught early. But undiagnosed and untreated syphilis can be dangerous. It can cause irreversible health damage and even death.| American Sexual Health Association
Sexually transmitted infections, or STIs—also called sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs—affect people of all ages, backgrounds, and from all walks of life. In the U.S. alone there are about 20 million new cases of STIs each year.| American Sexual Health Association
