: any of various diseases or infections that can be transmitted by direct sexual contact including some (such as syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and genital herpes) chiefly spread by sexual means and others (such as hepatitis B and AIDS) often contracted by nonsexual means
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Examples of std in a Sentence
Noun
a discussion of AIDS and other STDs
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Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
Communications representatives within the CDC’s HIV and STD prevention departments did not return requests for comment; last week, the Trump administration ordered all employees of HHS, which includes the CDC, to stop communicating with external parties.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2025
In a November survey by the National Coalition of STD Directors, 68% of health departments that responded said the drug shortage will cause syphilis rates in their area to increase, further crushing the nation’s most disadvantaged populations.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2024
The National Coalition of STD Directors applauded the FDA’s action.
—Ike Swetlitz, Fortune Well, 10 Jan. 2024
Instead, the state’s STD prevention budget went down by more than 75%, reducing its capacity to respond to syphilis, according to Dawn Cribb at the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health.
—Kenya Hunter, Fortune Well, 28 Oct. 2023
That could change as more research is done, said Mermin, who oversees the CDC’s STD efforts.
—Mike Stobbe, Fortune Well, 2 Oct. 2023
Mario Pérez, director of its division of HIV and STD programs, said that to make a dent in the STD crisis, the department wants most community groups to screen 10,000 to 20,000 people each annually.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
In the five or six years she’s been working in an STD clinic, Dowler has seen the average age of her patients go from teens and 20s to 40s.
—Laurie Yarnell, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
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More than 200 employees had their firings rescinded at the CDC’s National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention, along with 158 at the National Center for Environmental Health, an HHS spokesperson confirmed.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
Communications representatives within the CDC’s HIV and STD prevention departments did not return requests for comment; last week, the Trump administration ordered all employees of HHS, which includes the CDC, to stop communicating with external parties.
—Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2025
In a November survey by the National Coalition of STD Directors, 68% of health departments that responded said the drug shortage will cause syphilis rates in their area to increase, further crushing the nation’s most disadvantaged populations.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2024
The National Coalition of STD Directors applauded the FDA’s action.
—Ike Swetlitz, Fortune Well, 10 Jan. 2024
Instead, the state’s STD prevention budget went down by more than 75%, reducing its capacity to respond to syphilis, according to Dawn Cribb at the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health.
—Kenya Hunter, Fortune Well, 28 Oct. 2023
That could change as more research is done, said Mermin, who oversees the CDC’s STD efforts.
—Mike Stobbe, Fortune Well, 2 Oct. 2023
Mario Pérez, director of its division of HIV and STD programs, said that to make a dent in the STD crisis, the department wants most community groups to screen 10,000 to 20,000 people each annually.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
In the five or six years she’s been working in an STD clinic, Dowler has seen the average age of her patients go from teens and 20s to 40s.
—Laurie Yarnell, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
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