If you live in California, Texas, Michigan or New York, you probably know someone who has the clap. If you’re in Alaska, it wouldn't be unwise to just assume you have the clap.

If you've never heard of TomorrowWorld (not to be confused with Tomorrow Land), an electronic music festival that happened in Atlanta, Georgia over the weekend, you're going to be disappointed you didn't buy your ticket to see this woman freak the hell out on some groovy tunes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released their data on rates of STD infection among sexually active Americans in 2012 today. Merry Public Health Employee Christmas, one and all!

Dude! What a shitty garbage year this has been. I mean, pretty much every year in the history of years has been a shitty garbage year — "happiness" is really just a euphemism for "successful garbage mitigation" — but 2012 has been particularly gross in a lot of ways. Half the country thinks rape is hilarious.…

Last week, news of a syphilis outbreak in the adult film industry made headlines. Soon after, porn star Mr. Marcus left a voicemail for porn industry blogger Mike South, in which he admitted that he had contracted the infection and kept his diagnosis a secret. Mr. Marcus has now granted an interview with Richard…

An adult film actor's positive syphilis test has prompted the entire industry to shut down temporarily while officials test other performers and investigate the possibility of an outbreak.

Researchers in Canada are flummoxed a puzzling set of statistics — despite the fact that most people had a safe sex message shouted at them from a young age, instances of certain sexually transmitted diseases have increased dramatically in the last decade or so. According to some experts the STDstravaganza can be…

Researchers initially doubted the theory that Columbus and his crew brought syphilis back to Europe from the New World, because 50 European skeletons allegedly dating back to before Columbus's first voyage showed signs of the disease. But now biologist George Armelagos and his team have reexamined the skeletons, and…

Every year, there are five hundred thousand stillbirths or newborn deaths because of undetected syphilis passed from mothers' wombs. Public health researchers say that number could be more than halved with cheap testing.

After studying five labs, the CDC concluded 18% of people who tested positive for syphilis since the '80s don't actually have the disease. Congratulations! (Though now doctors are back to square one on explaining your sores and hair loss.)

According to the CDC, the number of reported gonorrhea cases dropped last year to 301,000, the lowest rate since 1941. But don't start the celebratory fornicating just yet: chlamydia and syphilis infections are still on the rise.

• Italy has decided to jump on the bandwagon (pioneered by U.S. and British organizers) and host a "divorce fair." The event aims to help divorcing people start a new life. Services include anti-stalking help — and makeover tips! •

Researchers report that STD rates in the U.S. are through the roof. "We have among the highest rates of STDs of any developed country in the world," said John Douglas from the CDC, who suggests abstinence-only is to blame. [Reuters]

The GOP's opposition to putting $330 million stimulus dollars towards STD prevention funding could hurt their own constituents: Gonorrhea, Chlamydia and Syphilis, the most prevalent non-AIDS STDs are unusually high in Red States. [Politico]

• I know what I want, you know what I want, I know what you need, can you handle me? Thus begins the mellifluous "What We Want," the latest track posted on the MySpace page of Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the musician, abuse victim, former drug abuser and self-professed "non moron" who had sex with Eliot Spitzer under the…

New evidence suggests that teenage boys who receive sex education are three times more likely to use condoms when they lose their virginity. And that's not the only good news: The same study, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, showed that all teens who receive some kind of sex education will…