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. Because some sexually transmitted infections can cause infertility and cancer, U.S. health officials called for better screening, vaccination and prevention. Only about half of the girls in the study acknowledged having sex. Some teens define sex as only intercourse, yet other types of intimate behavior can spread diseases. Among those who admitted having sex, the rate was even more disturbing: 40 percent had an STD. The overall STD rate among the 838 girls in the study was 26 percent, which translates to more than 3 million girls nationwide, researchers with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. The teens were tested for four infections: human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer and affected 18 percent of girls studied; chlamydia, 4 percent; trichomoniasis, 2.5 percent; and genital herpes, 2 percent.
- JJ Commentary: Our media-inspired, promiscuous generation is reaping the corruption of the flesh as Biblically expounded in Galatians 6:8
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