STDs /tags/stds STDs en-US Copyright Fri, 23 Aug 2024 20:09:22 GMT What's going on with mpox in NC? A UNC doctor talks about prevention and mitigation /health/2024-08-23/mpox-monkeypox-unc-doctor-prevention The number of mpox cases, formerly known as monkeypox, is low in North Carolina. But a different, more contagious, type of the virus continues to spread in other parts of the world. A UNC doctor explains the differences between the two and how to mitigate the spread of the one that’s already here. Fri, 23 Aug 2024 20:09:22 GMT /health/2024-08-23/mpox-monkeypox-unc-doctor-prevention Will Michaels Congenital syphilis —an ancient scourge — claimed the lives of eight NC babies last year /health/2024-01-24/congenital-syphilis-an-ancient-scourge-claimed-the-lives-of-eight-nc-babies-last-year State health officials, alarmed by the growing number of cases, have launched a social media education campaign, a new website, and are working on other ways to reverse that trend. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 22:10:56 GMT /health/2024-01-24/congenital-syphilis-an-ancient-scourge-claimed-the-lives-of-eight-nc-babies-last-year Jennifer Fernandez/NC Health ¹ÏÉñapp Infected: Putting Misinformation About Herpes To Bed /season-two-trailer/2021-04-14/infected-putting-misinformation-about-herpes-to-bed Anita, like many of us, was essentially taught that a herpes diagnosis means the end of a good sex life. Now it's time for a real education about the sexually transmitted infection, which is extremely common and far less terrifying once you open the door to conversation about it. | Support this show with a donation to wunc.org/give. Wed, 14 Apr 2021 08:00:08 GMT /season-two-trailer/2021-04-14/infected-putting-misinformation-about-herpes-to-bed Anita Rao, Kaia Findlay, Charlie Shelton-Ormond Wake County Syphilis Uptick Mostly Impacts HIV Positive Men /health/2016-03-28/wake-county-syphilis-uptick-mostly-impacts-hiv-positive-men Wake County reported more than 200 syphilis cases last year. Wake County's Public Health Director Sue Lynn Ledford says that's a big up-tick compared to… Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:30:57 GMT /health/2016-03-28/wake-county-syphilis-uptick-mostly-impacts-hiv-positive-men Rebecca Martinez Lawmakers Push To Give More Experts A Say In Sex Ed /education/2015-09-17/lawmakers-push-to-give-more-experts-a-say-in-sex-ed Lawmakers want to allow more types of experts to weigh in on sex education materials under a bill that advanced through the House Wednesday.Under current… Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:03:08 GMT /education/2015-09-17/lawmakers-push-to-give-more-experts-a-say-in-sex-ed Jess Clark