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Number of new gonorrhea infections in the U.S. in 2009, the lowest rate since reporting began in 1941. Rates of other sexually transmitted disease rates continued to climb, however, including chlamydia, which reached a record high of 1.2 million cases in 2009 [via The Associated Press]
A new study found that the single biggest influence on kids’ physical activity levels was the exercise habits of their six closest friends.
How to eat your fill of summer fruits and vegetables without getting sick from a food-borne illness.
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
