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ARHP helps you stay abreast of the latest reproductive health news with links to breaking stories and research findings. We track daily news reports from credible sources including newspapers, journals, vetted blogs, conference updates, and others.

November 30, 2011: International update: article on advantages of combining HIV and pregnancy prevention (also called Multipurpose Prevention Technologies or MPTs) in Kenya from allAfrica.com

November 8, 2011: Cervical cancer vaccines may cut need for screening from Reuters

November 8, 2011: Men Who Have Sex With Men at Rising Risk for HIV, Syphilis from Medscape News

November 8, 2011: Recurrent Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Doubles Risk of Infertility In Women, Poses Serious Threat In Teens from Johns Hopkins University

November 3, 2011: Syphilis Resurgence Puts Pregnant Women and Babies at Risk from Medscape News

October 26, 2011: Report links HPV with heart attacks, strokes from Reuters

October 20, 2011: NIH researchers show how anti-HIV drug acts to block herpes virus from The National Institutes of Health

October 13, 2011: Straight talk needed on STI prevention from Pediatric SuperSite

October 12, 2011: Significant breakthrough in study of chlamydia from Science Daily

October 11, 2011: California Minors No Longer Need Parental Okay for HPV Shot from Medscape

October 10, 2011: Scientists spot new clues to HIV-linked dementia health day from USA Today

October 10, 2011: Gonorrhea Becoming Harder To Treat, Cefixime Often No Good Any More from Medical News Today

June 24, 2011: Officials Link Social Media to Rising Local STD Rates from Bakersfield.com

June 23, 2011: Teens Look to Parents as Guide to Healthy Sexual Behaviors from the US News and World Report

June 23, 2011: Targeted HIV-Testing Program Finds Thousands of New Patients from the Washington Post

June 23, 2011: New Center Examines Urban Environments from Inside Indiana News

June 22, 2011: Another Step Forward for the Woman's Condom from Path.org

June 20, 2011: IUDs Officially Recommended for Healthy Women, Teens from the US News and World Report

June 15, 2011: Drop In Number of Sexually Transmitted Diseases for First Time in 10 Years from Mail Online: Health

April 13, 2011: Childhood Abuse and Neglect and the Risk of STDs in Early Adulthood from TheBody

April 12, 2011: How Many Patients Spread Herpes, But Don’t Even Know They Have It? from TIME

April 12, 2011: Extended HPV Vaccine Schedule Seems Effective from The U.S. News & World Report

April 7, 2011: HIV risk higher for teens who had syphilis, gonorrhea from The Philadelphia Inquirer

April 4, 2011: HPV Might Be Linked to Lung Cancer from The U.S. News & World Report

March 22, 2011: Oral Tongue Cancer Rates Rising in Young White Women from Medscape

March 21, 2011: Women Should See Ob-Gyn Annually, Experts Say from The U.S. News & World Report

March 19, 2011: Syphilis cases reach 30-year high in King County from The Seattle Times

March 17, 2011: HIV Infection Passed Via Donated Kidney: U.S. Report from U.S. News & World Report

March 9, 2011: Suit threatened on US syphilis tests in Guatemala from The Associated Press

March 9, 2011: Hampton Roads has some of the highest STD rates in the nation from The Los Angeles Times

March 1, 2011: Half of men may have HPV infections: study from Reuters

February 24, 2011:  U.S. may pay for sex disease tests for elderly from Reuters

February 20, 2011: Yes, oral sex is sex, and it can boost cancer risk from CNN

February 15, 2011: U.S. hepatitis C cases down sharply since 1980s from Reuters

February 15, 2011: Questioning the Need for Routine Pelvic Exam from The Wall Street Journal

February 14, 2011: For the City that Never Sleeps Alone: The Condom Finder App from TIME

February 14, 2011: New law requires colleges to teach about sexual assault from The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

February 10, 2011: Test gets almost 1 in 5 syphilis cases wrong from The Washington Post

February 9, 2011: Saving Lives From Anal Cancer from The New York Times

February 3, 2011: Gardasil Protects Boys and Men from HPV Too from TIME

January 24, 2011: Young black and Hispanic women may be tested for chlamydia more often than their white peers, a study finds from The Los Angeles Times

January 21, 2011: Virginia House passes bill to end HPV vaccine mandate for girls in sixth grade from The Washington Post

January 17, 2011: Uganda: Male Circumcision May Help Protect Sexual Partners Against Cervical Cancer from The New York Times

January 17, 2011: More Than 10% of Young Adults With STDs Claim Abstinence from TIME

January 7, 2011: Study: Women With Circumcised Partners May Have Lower HPV Risk from TIME

January 6, 2011: Earlier Diagnosis Might Cut Cost of Teen Pelvic Disease from U.S. News & World Report

January 5, 2011: Teens, Young Adults Reporting Recent Abstinence Test Positive for STIs, Study Finds from Medical News