Sex Education
One in five don't know they have HIV
Two years after the Centers for Disease Control recommended routine HIV testing for everyone ages 13 to 64, 20% of people infected with the AIDS virus doesn't know it.
Teen sex survey shocks
An appalling 14% of teen girls claim to have had sex while at school and one in five hopes to be a teenage mom, or so says an unscientific survey on teen sexuality produced by "The Tyra Banks Show."
The survey culled results for over a two-week period last summer, and either offers a rather revealing window into the behavior of teens, or at least those that are fans of the Tyra show.
Transgender teacher trouble
At Foxboro Elementary School, in Vacaville, CA, 23 students have been pulled out of a music class because of their transgender teacher.
The teacher, formerly a woman, returned to school as a man at the beginning of the year and parents feel like their rights were violated because they were not told about the teacher’s gender reassignment. The school board has said that releasing this kind of information would be an illegal violation of the teacher’s privacy rights.
25% of girls getting cancer vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study claiming that 25% of girls ages 13-17 have received the new vaccine against cervical cancer. The results are based on 3,000 girls between 13-17.
