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1 In 7 girls get pregnant at public high school
A Chicago high school is bringing attention to the growing problem of teen pregnancy. Of the 800 girls at Robeson High School, 115 are either pregnant or already have kids! Officials say a variety of factors are to blame.
The school is a neighborhood schools, not one specifically for young mothers. And all of the pregnancies have happened, despite prevention talk.
The people closest to the situation say there's no simple explanation.
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HIV/AIDS: A crisis in the Latino community
October 15 is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). This day marks an opportunity to increase awareness of the devastating and disproportionate effects of AIDS in the Latino community.
The toll of AIDS in the nation’s largest and fastest-growing minority population has been largely overshadowed by the epidemic among African Americans, but in major U.S. cities, as many as 1 in 4 gay Hispanic men has HIV. This rate is on par with sub-Saharan Africa, but there’s a segment of the Latino population that’s increasingly at risk that few are paying attention to.
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