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H.I.V. Study Finds Rate 40% Higher Than Estimated

NY Times
August 3, 2008
by Lawrence K. Altman

MEXICO CITY — The United States has significantly underreported the number of new H.I.V. infections occurring nationally each year, with a study released here on Saturday showing that the annual infection rate is 40 percent higher than previously estimated.



Thirtysomething grandmas have high hopes for daughters' futures

Daily News
May 8th, 2008
by Gina Salamone

Alonda Holmes isn't your typical grandmother. She listens to hip hop, goes to Jay-Z concerts every chance she gets, and is into the same fashions as her two teenage daughters.

"We pretty much have the same style," says the 37-year-old Bronx granny. "I love stylish clothes as opposed to wearing the 'I'm a grandmother' clothes. That's why most people are like, 'Oh my goodness, I can't believe you're a grandmother.'"



Ignorance Is Bliss, And Then You Get an STD

Washington Post
April 2, 2008
by Courtland Milloy

It seems like a lifetime ago, but spring used to be the perfect excuse for me to write lightheartedly about sex. From mating rituals on display at the National Zoo to cherry blossom courtships around the Tidal Basin, this was truly the season to be jolly.

Not so much anymore.



Making Condoms Part of a Partner's Proper Attire

US News
March 28, 2008
by Deborah Kotz

"The women who gathered for dinner late last month were all single New Yorkers in their 20s and 30s," wrote Michael Gross in the New York Times. Describing a "girl's night out" where the conversation was all about condoms, he quoted a 26-year-old interior designer who called it a "panic situation" where everyone seems to be buying condoms because "casual sex is not worth dying for."


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