Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Researchers report more condom use among teenagers

In this photo taken July 22, 2012, Lawrence Stallworth II, 20, of Cleveland, Ohio, left, who was diagnosed with HIV at age 17, speaks on a youth panel at the International AIDS Conference in Washington. Stallworth learned he was infected with HIV at age 17, when he was a high-school senior, after a hospitalization. A black gay man, he's among one of the nation's highest-risk groups. He's now an Ohio AIDS activist who works to teach young people that they need to protect themselves, and how. Helena Nangombe of Namibia is at right. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Nearly half of high school students say they've had sex, yet progress has stalled in getting them to use condoms to protect against the AIDS virus, government researchers reported Tuesday.


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