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Anchor lead: How has the pandemic complicated rates of sexually transmitted infections among teens? Elizabeth Tracey reports While one-quarter of a nationally representative sample of teenagers said they were sexually active, fewer than one in ten said they used condoms …

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Anchor lead: Preventing infection with Mgen is the best way to avoid it, Elizabeth Tracey reports Mgen is shorthand for Mycoplasma genitalium, a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that can cause severe problems in women, including pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility, …

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Anchor lead: A new drug resistant sexually transmitted infection may be cause for alarm, Elizabeth Tracey reports Mycoplasma genitalium , or Mgen for short, is a bacterial infection transmitted sexually that’s being identified more and more often, at least when …

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Anchor lead: Should you worry about being infected with human papilloma virus? Elizabeth Tracey reports Should people who are infected with human papilloma virus, or HPV, be worried about their risk of mouth and throat cancers, as a recent study …

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Anchor lead: Just how common is human papilloma virus infection? Elizabeth Tracey reports Human papilloma virus, abbreviated HPV, is known to cause cancer. Both cervical cancer in women and cancers of the mouth and throat in both sexes are most …

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