STDs

On Thursday’s “St. Louis on the Air” the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri had one thing to say about…

When Faisal Khan took the job of St. Louis County's director of health earlier this year, one of his first calls was to Melba Moore, St. Louis' new health…

New research out of Washington University has found that giving women free birth control does not increase risky sexual behavior.The analysis included…

St. Louis continues to have some of the highest rates of two common sexually transmitted diseases in the country.According to data released on Wednesday…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 4, 2012 - A physician at Washington University has come up with an indirect way to have frank…

Updated with full data tables at 2:09 p.m. (see below)Rates of three sexually transmitted diseases are up in the St. Louis area, according to an annual…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 17, 2011 - The city's top health official said Thursday that part of last year's rise in STD…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 6, 2010 - Health professionals in St. Louis are paying closer attention to the sexual health of…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 26, 2010 - The 12-story building between Powell Symphony Hall and the Third Baptist Church in…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: September 16, 2008 - Along with flashing cameras and the intense eye of the public, here are a few…