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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Police investigate false STD notification letters
STDs still a threat to many teens
Too many infected teens
1 in 4 U.S. teen girls infected with STD
Vaccines cut death rates
An epidemic's unseen cause
STD cases in Md. rise by 57%
Why have sex? Survey collects 237 reasons
Condom ad has message many need to hear
Lawmakers pass new program to fight STDs
CAPITAL NOTEBOOK
City considers unusual tactic against STDs
Sex-ed course update nixed
Tackling a virus
Don't rush to mandate HPV vaccine
Sense of rush infects plan to require HPV shots
A tough haul for cancer test
The dating game's senior circuit
Digene posts record sales for quarter
Condoms found to reduce HPV risk
Panic, then glee, at maker of test for cancer virus
STD rates drop in Baltimore
Maryland's Plan B
Long grabs elusive title
Hammond leads going into semis
New study adds to doubts concerning health benefits of routine circumcision Survey finds incidence of sexually transmitted diseases is higher
Chlamydia infections decline in region Federal screening effort cited for improvement
AIDS: The Fat Lady tunes up, for a lucky few
Strategy shifts on sexual diseases City ends tracing of gonorrhea contact; focus is syphilis, AIDS
Region home to vaccine research Baltimore-Washington area is base of some leading players; Biotechnology's role noted; Diarrhea, cholera, pneumonia, whooping cough among targets; Biotechnology
Challenge to schools' distribution of condoms rejected Supreme Court refuses to review dispute
Planned Parenthood protests WJZ's airing of 'Sex, Lies . . .'
STD Holding sold for $21.5 million
Scientist's curiosity began when she was a child
Columbus CenterWe were pleased to see your...
Teen-agers learning AIDS is but one of many sexually transmitted diseases In Love, In Danger
Mother's crusade against sex rankles
Public stigma and public disclosure
'Redneck' for Legislature?On behalf of the citizens...
The sex-ed hoax
Harford County HospitalsWe usually read Peter Jay's...
AIDS in abused kids
Teaching prevention of AIDS
Female condom a new way to block pregnancy, disease
Tests on two vaccines offer hope on herpes
Doctors become confidants and specialists in oft-neglected adolescent health issues, from smoking to sexuality TENDING TO TEENS
Baltimore to try Third World remedies
Only a doctor can verify lack of sexual disease