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STDs most prevalent infectious diseases in Salt Lake County, call for better education - KUTV 2News STDs most prevalent infectious diseases in Salt Lake County, call for better education - KUTV 2News HPV vaccine is to prevent cancer, not STDs - San Antonio Express-News Canada: Syphilis rising in Ottawa - Outbreak News Today STDs most prevalent infectious diseases in Salt Lake County, call for better education - KUTV 2News Posted: 27 Aug 2019 12:18 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] STDs most prevalent infectious diseases in Salt Lake County, call for better education    KUTV 2News STDs most common infectious diseases in Salt Lake County, health officials say    KSL.com The Places in America with the Highest (and Lowest) STD Rates    Priceonomics Salt Lake County calls for better STD education after 'alarming' teen statistics reported    KSTU FOX 13 Salt Lake City View full...

Health advocates fear Planned Parenthood funding loss could worsen STD crisis | TheHill - The Hill Health advocates fear Planned Parenthood funding loss could worsen STD crisis | TheHill - The Hill Posted: 31 Aug 2019 07:54 AM PDT Public health advocates are warning that record-high rates of sexually transmitted diseases could worsen as Planned Parenthood, a major provider of STD testing and treatment, faces a loss of federal funding under a new Trump rule. Planned Parenthood's loss of $60 million a year in government funding is seen by advocates as a huge setback in the fight against "epidemic"-level STD rates that could lead to more low-income people going untreated. ADVERTISEMENT "Planned Parenthood reached a large number of women, men and young people, and this is a blow to the availability of STD screening and treatment," said David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors. ...

Patients face higher fees and longer waits after Planned Parenthood quits federal program - The Washington Post Patients face higher fees and longer waits after Planned Parenthood quits federal program - The Washington Post Posted: 24 Aug 2019 03:01 AM PDT Abortion-rights supporters stand on both sides of a street near the Gateway Arch in St. Louis this spring in support of reproductive rights. (Jeff Roberson/AP) Sheila Regan August 24 In Cleveland, a Planned Parenthood mobile clinic that tests for sexually transmitted diseases has cut its staff to part-time and may shut down. In Minneapolis, women and girls accustomed to free checkups are now billed as much as $200 per visit on a sliding fee scale. And in Vienna, W.Va., Planned Parenthood employees are marking boxes of birth control pills with "Do not use" signs because they were paid for with federal grants the organization can no longer accept. Planned Paren...

Health advocates fear Planned Parenthood funding loss could worsen STD crisis | TheHill - The Hill Health advocates fear Planned Parenthood funding loss could worsen STD crisis | TheHill - The Hill Posted: 31 Aug 2019 07:54 AM PDT Public health advocates are warning that record-high rates of sexually transmitted diseases could worsen as Planned Parenthood, a major provider of STD testing and treatment, faces a loss of federal funding under a new Trump rule. Planned Parenthood's loss of $60 million a year in government funding is seen by advocates as a huge setback in the fight against "epidemic"-level STD rates that could lead to more low-income people going untreated. ADVERTISEMENT "Planned Parenthood reached a large number of women, men and young people, and this is a blow to the availability of STD screening and treatment," said David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors. ...

Nurx adds STI testing to its mail-order product suite - MobiHealthNews Nurx adds STI testing to its mail-order product suite - MobiHealthNews Posted: 10 Jul 2019 12:00 AM PDT Nurx, the San Francisco-based startup best known for providing contraceptives via telemedicine, has just added a new home STI testing option to its slew of services.  The new offerings, which were first spotted by  TechCrunch ,  will allow potential clients to fill out an online questionnaire to receive an STI test kit in the mail. The kit comes with instructions and tools.  There are three STI testing kits available to clients. While all three of the test kits will test for HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, some will be focused on a few extra diseases matching the customer's needs. For example, one called the Healthy Woman kit will "test for infections most likely to affect female bodies."  If the results are positive, Nurx's clinicians can ...

KnowMyStatus Hosts Online STD Test - StreetInsider.com KnowMyStatus Hosts Online STD Test - StreetInsider.com Posted: 30 Aug 2019 05:15 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] KnowMyStatus Hosts Online STD Test    StreetInsider.com News and research before you hear about it on CNBC and others. Claim your 2-week free trial to StreetInsider Premium here. Honey Bees Can Get STDs, Too Honey Bees Can Get STDs, Too - Mental Floss Posted: 20 Aug 2019 08:21 PM PDT Just over one hundred years ago, the world's last passenger pigeon died at Ohio's Cincinnati Zoo. The bird—named Martha, after George Washington's wife—had been born in captivity and was approximately 29 when she died. Her skin was taxidermied and her internal organs became part of the Smithsonian's collections . In Martha's memory, here are a few things you might not have known about the extinct passenger pigeon. 1. At one time, there were b...

Patients face higher fees and longer waits after Planned Parenthood quits federal program - The Washington Post Patients face higher fees and longer waits after Planned Parenthood quits federal program - The Washington Post Posted: 24 Aug 2019 03:01 AM PDT Abortion-rights supporters stand on both sides of a street near the Gateway Arch in St. Louis this spring in support of reproductive rights. (Jeff Roberson/AP) Sheila Regan August 24 In Cleveland, a Planned Parenthood mobile clinic that tests for sexually transmitted diseases has cut its staff to part-time and may shut down. In Minneapolis, women and girls accustomed to free checkups are now billed as much as $200 per visit on a sliding fee scale. And in Vienna, W.Va., Planned Parenthood employees are marking boxes of birth control pills with "Do not use" signs because they were paid for with federal grants the organization can no longer accept. Planned Paren...