NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Condom use is down among sexually active teens and young adults in the United States due to a combination of medical advancements like long-term birth control options and drugs that prevent sexually transmitted infections, a fading fear of contracting HIV, and widely varying levels of sex education, reported The Associated Press (AP) on Wednesday.
Fewer young people are having sex, but the teens and young adults who are sexually active aren't using condoms as regularly, if at all. And people ages 15 to 24 made up half of new chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases in 2022, according to the report.
