The American Social Health Association (ASHA) educates people about preventing sexually transmitted diseases and infections (STDs/STIs).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 79% of new infections of one STD, chlamydia, occur in people 24 years old and younger. Quest Diagnostics data revealed the average age of women who got tested in 2005 for chlamydia was 28.9; and 30.5 for men.
"Only about one-third of [doctors] test for chlamydia despite the high rates of new infections among young ...