Sexually Transmitted Diseases-Gonorrhea And Syphilis-Staggering Statistics-Older Adults

China says HIV/AIDS cases are soaring

BEIJING (Reuters) - The number of new HIV/AIDS cases in China is soaring, state media said on Wednesday, citing health officials, with rates of infections among college students and older men rising. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued figures showing 48,000 new cases in China in 2011, the official Xinhua news agency said. Nearly 82 percent of those new cases were transmitted through sexual intercourse, Xinhua said, up from 11.6 percent between 1985 and 2005. ... read more..

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Sex LIfe of Older Adults and Rising STDs

The sex life of older adults – long ignored and little researched – is getting new attention in the face of some staggering statistics. Rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis have doubled for people in their 50s, 60s and 70s in... read more..

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Health And Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius-Roman Catholics-Contraception

China says HIV/AIDS cases are soaring

BEIJING (Reuters) - The number of new HIV/AIDS cases in China is soaring, state media said on Wednesday, citing health officials, with rates of infections among college students and older men rising. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued figures showing 48,000 new cases in China in 2011, the official Xinhua news agency said. Nearly 82 percent of those new cases were transmitted through sexual intercourse, Xinhua said, up from 11.6 percent between 1985 and 2005. ... read more..

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Contraception mandate outrages religious groups

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is seen in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. Federal law lays out several criteria for the government to determine which are religious. But in the case of the contraception mandate, critics say Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius chose the narrowest ones. (AP Photo/Charl

The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception. read more..

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