(2001) The human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States, with an estimated 24 million active cases and 5.5 million new cases each year, according to the National Cancer Institute. Various strains of HPV cause the great majority of cases of cervical cancer.
(2010) The United States has a lower life expectancy than many other wealthy countries—and the gap has been widening over the last two decades.
2004) In September 2004, four devastating hurricanes and tropical storms killed more than 1,500 Haitians, destroyed roughly 90 percent of Grenada, and wreaked billions of dollars of damage on the southern United States.
(2007) Blank map of the United States for use in lesson plans.
(1999) Nearly 70,000 foreigners arrive in the United States every day. Most of these travelers are visitors, not settlers. More than 60,000 are tourists, business people, students, or foreign workers who are welcomed at airports and border crossings.
(September 2001) Two decades into the AIDS epidemic in North America, the face of AIDS is darker and increasingly female.
(2010) U.S.-born Latinos and foreign-born Latinos face widely different social and economic experiences in the United States.
(2003) Education is a key part of strategies to improve individuals' well-being and societies' economic and social development.