Here is ANOTHER reason the black church needs to start addressing STDs in the black community (after almost 3 decades of not doing it). Urban radio needs to take note too… One in four teenage girls in the United States is infected with a sexually transmitted disease, according to data released Tuesday by the CDC. The figures, based on research conducted in 2003 and 2004, show that nearly one in five girls between 14 and 19 years old is infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause of cervical cancer and genital warts. About one in 25 girls carries chlamydia, a sexually transmitted bacterium. The study also showed that nearly half of adolescent African-American girls are infected with an STD. Read more here
