ATLANTA - More than 1 million cases of chlamydia were reported in the United States last year - the most ever reported for a sexually transmitted disease, federal health officials said Tuesday.

NEW YORK -- Americans 45 and older are far more open to sex outside of marriage than they were 10 years ago, but they're engaging in sex less often and with less satisfaction, according to a major new survey by AARP.

Mesa Unified School District is inviting parents to learn more about the district’s sexuality curriculum during two meetings this month.

It can’t be stated enough—parents play a critical role in the prevention of their child’s sexual risk-taking and teen pregnancy. However, it’s estimated that fewer than 15 percent of children receive a meaningful sex education from their parents.

"I probably wouldn’t do it again if I was sober," said the 17-year-old high school senior, a skinny model type with dark

When did getting tested for sexually transmitted diseases become so taboo? With the alarming rate of STDs in Maricopa County (every 26.8 minutes someone is diagnosed with an STD) you would think that everyone would want to be tested on a regular basis.

A new report finds there are high rates of sexually transmitted diseases among people arrested in Maricopa County. The report was conducted in partnership between the Arizona Arrestee Reporting Information Network and ASU's Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety.

Mesa Unified School District will hold a public meeting for parents of seventh-graders to learn about Project MESA: Mesa's Education in Sexual Awareness.

The Pinal County Public Health Services Clinic, located at 575 N. Idaho Road in Apache Junction, will be changing service hours effective Jan. 4, 2012. The new operating hours will be 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.

A man has been booked in connection with numerous felonies for allegedly molesting the daughters of his girlfriend.

ATLANTA - Gonorrhea has fallen to the lowest level on record in the United States, while the rates of other sexually transmitted diseases - syphilis and chlamydia - are on the rise, federal health officials said Tuesday.

When did getting tested for sexually transmitted diseases become so taboo? With the alarming rate of STDs in Maricopa County (every 26.8 minutes someone is diagnosed with an STD) you would think that everyone would want to be tested on a regular basis.

A family friend of an 11-year-old girl who was possibly raped, impregnated and infected with a sexually transmitted disease was arrested Friday after police identified him as a suspect.

July 2, 2004

To all who are clamoring about not providing birth control because it’s against a particular religious belief, think about this: Let’s say a religion (i.e. Catholicism, Mormonism, etc..) believes that no one should be having sex out of wedlock. Let’s say that leaders of this religion decide that since any single people who contract a venereal disease obviously are having sex out of wedlock, they’re going to refuse to cover the treatment for VD contracted by single people. How many would be in favor of denying health care and/or antibiotics to people who might die without them? It’s the same argument that’s being made over birth control. Do we really want to decide who’s entitled to health care based on religion? It’s a slippery slope people.

Although most of her line-item vetoes were defensible, Gov. Napolitano couldn't resist a jab at conservatives by killing a promising abstinence-education program for young teens.

A legislative panel voted Wednesday to bar doctors from prescribing birth control pills, drugs that treat sexually transmitted diseases or any other prescription to minors without parental consent.

State Game and Fish investigators are trying to determine what caused the death of more than a dozen birds recently near a Scottsdale golf course.

State Game and Fish investigators are trying to determine what caused the death of more than a dozen birds recently near a Scottsdale golf course.

Students at Arizona State University’s main campus can learn how to put on a condom and prevent sexually transmitted infections Tuesday during the STI Awareness Campus Tour on Hayden Lawn.

State senators voted Monday to bar minors from getting birth control prescriptions or treatment for sexually transmitted diseases without parental permission.

Sex among teens, while at a high level, is declining, says one report. Says another, 1 in 5 teens has sex before the age of 15. Still another report tells us that sexual references on broadcast TV went down in recent years during the so-called family hour, although some might think the jokes, winks, nudges and more remain sufficient in number to cause some families to squirm if they watch.

The nation’s veterans disability system is severely strained and it could be strained to the point of collapse when 700,000 returning Iraq and Afghanistan war vets begin applying for help.