Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

High school kids are skewing surveys on queer health by claiming they’re gay

Young "trolls" are skewing scientific surveys by claiming to be LGBTQ, incredibly tall, voracious eaters, and toothless.

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America has the highest rate of STDs in the industrialized world now

More Americans have an STD than any other time in the country's history.

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Financial barriers still keep lesbian, gay & bisexual patients from medical treatment

Approximately 16.4% of gay, lesbian or bisexual adults avoided medical care based on financial hardship, compared to only 14.2% of straight adults.

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Queer youth have higher chance of obesity & diabetes according to new study

Stress may be a large factor.

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CDC wants to study link between insurance standards & HIV infection, but will White House say yes?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking approval for a study centering on Hispanic and black men who have sex with men and transgender women.

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Pride in Pictures 1999: Making sex safer

Outreach becomes an important player in Pride.

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Alarming data show increased suicide risks among LGBTQ youth

For teens through college freshmen, LGBTQ students show significant higher risks for suicidal thoughts and actions

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Longtime AIDS researcher may be Trump’s pick to lead the CDC

Dr. Robert Redfield has decades of HIV experience... but he’s also had controversies.

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CDC: We’re not getting PrEP to the men who need it

Gay men with HIV are also 8 times more likely also to be diagnosed with syphilis, the CDC reports.

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An LGBTQ group trolled Trump at his own hotel

The Trump Administration is trying to get scientists to stop using words like "transgender" and "diversity" and LGBTQ people are fighting back.

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