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Article: RISKY BUSINESS: What's Behind The Surge In Sexually Transmitted Diseases.(epidemic impacts African American community)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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Epidemic Threatens Black Community And Prompts Call For National Education Campaign
EXACTLY who's sleeping in your bed? The answer to that question may present critical consequences because nowadays ignorance of your partner's sexual history can be deadly. For, just when you thought that most sexually transmitted diseases were at least under control, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that there is a multiple epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, and it's hitting the Black community like a hurricane.
Fifteen million Americans are newly infected annually with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that respect no boundaries and strike ...