Tag: #STD
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AIDS death toll rises in Pakistan
The United Nations AIDS Control Program (UNAIDS) has said that the number of AIDS-related deaths in Pakistan is on the rise as poor diagnosis and poor treatment conditions miss out on opportunities to prevent deaths and further spread. According to the media reports, the Global AIDS Update 2020 published on Tuesday, UNAIDS says that HIV…
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Net users take to Reddit for STD diagnosis
Washington, Nov 6 (AFP/APP): “How did I get chlamydia?” “Is this herpes?” People are increasingly turning to strangers on social network Reddit to diagnose their sexually transmitted diseases, according to a new study published in a US journal Tuesday that called the phenomenon “crowd-diagnosis.” Researchers from the University of California San Diego examined 17,000 posts…