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Blog Pieces on RH Reality Check


Bad Medicine in Rhode Island: The Damaging Effects of Budget Cuts on Prevention of STDs by Thomas Bertrand, July 12, 2011

Kaiser Permanente: Dropping the Ball on Gay Men's Sexual Health by Dr. Ken Katz, July 11, 2011

NCSD Blog Series for STD Awareness Month 2011, April 2011

The Health Hazards of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell:" A View from the Clinic by Dr. Ken Katz, December 2, 2010

NCSD Blog Piece for World AIDS Day 2010, November 30, 2010

2009 STD Data in the United States: Not a Pretty Picture by Bill Smith, November 24, 2010

STDs in the U.S.: More Disease, Fewer Resources  by Bill Smith, October 8, 2010

Congenital Syphilis Taking Toll on Mothers and Babies by Bill Smith, April 23, 2010

What I Didn't Know About Sexual Health: Reflections From a New Perch by Bill Smith, April 15, 2010

Youth and STDs: The Epidemic in our Midst by Sandra Serna Smith, April 14, 2010

Preventing STDs Among Native Americans and Alaskan Native Populations by Dana Cropper Williams, April 14, 2010

Lessons From a Failed Syphilis Elimination Strategy by Dr. Peter Leone, April 14, 2010

The Moral Dimensions of a Freeze in Federal Funding by Bill Smith, January 29, 2010

Other Media Stories


The Billings Gazette:  STD Rate in Montana "Shockingly" High, November 25, 2011

Science Speaks Blog: "Game Changing" Syphilis Rapid Test Available in the U.S.; Global Impacts Unclear, September 9, 2011


The Bilerico Project Weblog: Study: Simple Changes to Dating Sites Could Lower STDs, HIV, August 24, 2011

ScienceBlogsTM: STD Programs Not Sexy Enough to Avoid Funding Cuts, August 22, 2011

HIVandHepatitis.com: CDC Warns of Resistant Gonorrhea; First "Superbug" Found, July 12, 2011

Wired.com Weblog: The Clap Came Back: Multidrug-Resistant Gonorrhea, July 11, 2011

The Bilerico Project Weblog: Gonorrhea: Getting Harder to Kill, July 11, 2011

The Washington Times Nation Briefs:  Concerns Rise About Gonorrhea Cases, July 10, 2011

Minnesota Public Radio News: In 12 Years, Chlamydia Rate Doubles, Screening Funds Flat, August 3, 2010

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