One in four American teenage girls has at least one common sexually transmitted disease (STD), the new study said Tuesday. It is the first study carried out by the U.S. Center's for Disease Control (CDC) that examines the combined national prevalence of common STDs among adolescent women in the United States.

CDC says that at least 3.2 million teens aged 14 to 19 are currently infected. This accounts for 26 percent of the total girls that have human papilloma virus, chlamydia, genital herpes or trichomoniasis

Communist China has opened its first free clinic for AIDS victims, in an apparent softening of the government's policy towards the growing problem of the disease.

The China Daily newspaper said the clinic which opened in the Chinese capital of Beijing, will offer free check-ups and treatment to people afflicted with AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases including syphilis, gonorrhea and genital herpes

A new dating website dedicated to people with sexually transmitted diseases is now online.

According to a woman who remains anonymous, she came up with the idea when she feared she would find it hard to find a new partner after she was diagnosed with genital herpes

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say herpes type 2 virus is declining in the country. A new study found a significant decrease in cases in Americans between the ages of 14 and 49.

Herpes 2 is the most common cause of genital herpes, and is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. The study found that the number of people who tested positive for the disease is down by 19 percent since 1994

A new study finds about one in six Americans has genital herpes infections, a decrease from the previous decade when the number of cases was rising.

Seventeen percent of people in the U.S. had the genital herpes virus from 1999 to 2004. This is down from the 21 percent who had it from 1988 to 1994.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based its study on blood samples rather than self-reporting