Philly has the country’s highest STI rates. Improving sex ed in schools could lower them. • Pennsylvania Capital-Star Photo

Philly has the country’s highest STI rates. Improving sex ed in schools could lower them. • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Wednesday, June 19th, 2024

via Pennsylvania Capital-Star (Pennsylvania)

By Carlos Mahaffey, Purdue University Philadelphia ranks No. 1 among U.S. cities for new sexually transmitted infections - STIs - according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is up from fifth place in 2023 and puts Philadelphia ahead of four cities that previously rated higher: Memphis, Tennessee; Jackson, [...]

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