{"id":21187,"date":"2019-04-15T15:13:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T15:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=21187"},"modified":"2019-04-15T15:13:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T15:13:21","slug":"yes-its-still-important-to-protect-yourself-from-stis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/15\/yes-its-still-important-to-protect-yourself-from-stis\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, It\u2019s Still Important to Protect Yourself From STIs"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nextavenue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Protection-From-STDs-Important-at-Any-Age-750x485.jpg\" alt=\"STIs\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> News flash: Just because you (or your partner) cannot get pregnant does not mean you get a free pass to not practice safe sex. Unfortunately, this is a fact that many older Americans are realizing the hard way. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to show\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/std\/stats17\/2017-STD-Surveillance-Report_CDC-clearance-9.10.18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">rising rates of sexually transmitted infections<\/a> (STIs) among adults 65 and older.  Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>News flash: Just because you (or your partner) cannot get pregnant does not mean you get a free pass to not practice&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hiv"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}