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AIDS Patient Care and STDs Nov 2009, Vol. 23, No. 11: 991-992. (Source: AIDS Patient Care and STDs)

"Providing access to contraception for 215 million women, mainly in developing countries, would help to stabilize population growth and significantly reduce the effects of climate change," according to a report released Wednesday by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Nature News reports (Gilbert, 11/18).

The Lowdown on STD’s: Chlamydia Chlamydia is the third most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States.  It is the most common bacteria causing an STI.  According to a 2007 Center for Disease Control report, South Carolina ranks 3rd out of the 50 states in chlamydial infections.  Those at most risk of infection are single, minority women between ages 15-21 with new or multiple sexual partners.  However, Chlamydia affects women and men of all backgrounds.  Like all sexually transmitted infections, Chlamydia enters a woman’s body during intercourse.  Chlamydia trachomatis is different from most bacteria in that it must live inside cells, making it difficult to grow in a culture. In this way, it is more similar to a virus...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is expected to release details of his health care reform bill to members of the Democratic caucus on Wednesday, setting up a possible weekend vote on cloture on the motion to proceed, CongressDaily reports. According to Reid spokesperson Jim Manley, Reid expects to have the final Congressional Budget Office scores of the bill before a 5 p.m. meeting with the caucus.

A Baltimore bill (FID 09-0406) to require crisis pregnancy centers to post signs stating that they do not provide abortion services is progressing through the City Council, WBAL reports. The council voted 12-3 in favor of the bill, which now moves on to a third and final vote.