During December, experts are urging communities to focus on prevention and education to combat HIV. Despite medical advances, ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Some barbershops and salons across St. Louis are offering more than just a hair transformation – they’re offering STD and HIV education. Nearly a dozen shops have a partnership with ...

As the world observes HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, attention turns to education, stigma reduction, and empowering communities to ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control ...

More cringe than the most awkward of birds-and-the-bees talks was a December decision by a North East Independent School District health advisory panel charged with shaping the health and sex ...

Sexually transmitted disease rates have reached alarming levels across the United States, with five infections in particular showing significant increases over the past decade. This troubling public ...

In recent months, the concept of "comprehensive sex education" has been a popular point of discussion among legislators, school districts, sex education advocates and parents nationwide. These ...

The idea that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) always announce themselves with uncomfortable or visible symptoms is a dangerous misconception that health experts are working to correct. Research ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Reports of sexually transmitted diseases have been on the rise in Rutherford County, according to numbers presented at the April 29 Health and Education Committee ...