Prevent HIV? Focus On Youth

From the Guttmacher Institute today: 15–24-year-olds account for nearly half of the five million new cases of HIV infection worldwide each year is sure to be frequently cited.
Less widely known is that 15–24-year-olds account for half of the 40,000 new infections in the United States. Young Americans also account for nearly half of new diagnoses of STIs other than HIV. Like adolescents everywhere, American teens need honest, complete information about sexual health to better protect themselves.