CDC: Young People Account for Half of All New Sexually Transmitted Infections

After years of sex education in the nation's public schools, a new report indicates that many young people are not listening or learning how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases.

The report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there are more than 19.7 million new sexually transmitted infections in the United States each year, and young people ages 15-24 account for half of them.

Among those young people, the CDC found that 51 percent of the new infections occur in young women and 49 percent in young men.
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