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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'std'

July 31, 2008

The Post reports a woman is suing her husband for $25 million, claiming that the sexual transmitted diseases she has now are the result of his indiscretions. Stephanie Lerner says after being infected with "several severe incurable strains of the human papilloma virus," she's had a number of operations and now is in constant pain She says her venture capitalist husband Mark first give her trichomoniasis in 1996 (he admitted to cheating then); when she......

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July 29, 2008

Fellas, how many times have you agonized over whether to use a condom, but then figured, "Hey, when am I going to be in Haiti again'" Well, a safe sex license called STFree is making it so two strangers don’t have to trust each other one bit when they want to try the rhythm method. Started by Bed Stuy’s Eli Dancy in 2004, over 15,000 potential mates have been issued the sex licenses. To get......

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June 10, 2008

Time to break out the subway condoms! The Health Department reported yesterday that "more than a fourth of adult New Yorkers are infected with Herpes Simplex Virus-2, the virus that causes genital herpes." For contrast, the national average for genital herpes infection is 19%. The virus has no cure, lasts forever, and those infected are more susceptible to the HIV virus. The Health Department also finds "among New Yorkers, the rate is higher among women......

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