STDs

An Alabama agency is seeking proposals from youth-serving community organizations that focus on those aged 12 through 15. The request from the Alabama Department of Public Health comes to secure funding to help provide evidence-based programs to adolescents, including sexual risk avoidance.

Wednesday, March 20, is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD), a national mobilization effort designed to encourage American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians in Alabama, across the United States and Territorial Areas learn about the HIV virus, get tested and engage in prevention and to seek treatment.

The number of people with sexually transmitted diseases is on the rise in the U.S. Alabama ranks sixth in the nation. The biggest increase is syphilis. That’s a disease the medical community thought was almost eliminated twenty years ago. New data from Alabama Public Health shows the syphilis rates have more than doubled across the state since 2020. Here’s more on the trend and what residents can do about it. And a note to our readers, this story contains content of an adult nature.

A new report says Alabama's HIV and AIDS rate has dropped slightly, but its rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea have gone up.The report from the Center for…