SOMERS POINT — Fourteen ninth-grade boys sat on benches in the cafeteria at Charter Tech High School for the Performing Arts.

Northwestern students come from around the globe, so sex education, especially including a discussion of STD prevention, isn’t a universal experience.

While some STDs have obvious symptoms, such as the genital warts that manifest with some strains of HPV, other infections, including chlamydia, can be asymptomatic.

Five of the 30 cities with the highest STD rates per 100,000 people nationally are located in Florida.

A rapid increase in sexually transmitted diseases across the nation has health experts alarmed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its 2018 STD Surveillance Report ...

South Jersey health experts say with more awareness about prevention education, access to screenings and treatment for STDs, they may be able to help more communities and people at risk for ...

The city of St. Louis, Missouri is turning to barbers and hairstylists in their new initiative to battle sexually-transmitted diseases in the community. While St. Louis has some of the highest STD ...

Education is therefore focused on the ways to prevent STDs — use of certain contraceptives sure helps — but also when and where to go if you suspect you have an STD.

When eight high school students are commissioned to make a graphic novel about sexual health, don’t be surprised if the result includes pet dragons, a troll with genital warts and a guy named… ...

When eight high school students are commissioned to make a graphic novel about sexual health, don’t be surprised if the result includes pet dragons, a troll with genital warts and a guy named… ...