Should Teachers Share This STD App With Teens?

May 31, 2013 Subscribe · Forward There's An App For That? To add to those slideshows of genital warts, Los Angeles health teachers have a new weapon in the battle against sexually transmitted diseases: a web and text-message app. The Los Angeles Unified School District has shared the STD-tracking app Qpid.me with seventh- and ninth-grade health teachers for them to discuss with students as they see fit. The free app shows users where to get STD tests at clinics that will release the results online. Users can then share the results confidentially with a partner via a text message. The app also reminds people to schedule a yearly STD test.  Continue reading... ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Get A Clue CP3 'Angry' At Clippers WATCH: An Amazing Discovery 65 Years Later ONLY IN LA: 9 Insane Restaurant Requests Dog Owner Faces Murder Charges In Vicious Mauling Death Should Teachers Share This STD App With Teens? Dog Owner Faces Murder Charges In Vicious Mauling Death What Kind Of Asian Are You? Where Are You Really From? Dog Owner Faces Murder Charges In Vicious Mauling Death WATCH: An Amazing Discovery 65 Years Later HARRIET MCDONALD California's Recidivism Problem Two years after the United States Supreme Court ordered California to reduce its severely overcrowded prisons by more than 30,000 inmates, the state is still trying to figure out how to comply. Continue reading... WILLIAM BRADLEY Obama: Falling Behind the Curve of Crisis If it's not one thing for President Barack Obama, it's another. Already struggling in trying to get ahead of three controversies threatening to engulf his administration, he now has heightened geopolitical crises to manage. Continue reading... DAVID HELVARG Restoring the Blue Every time I go diving I discover something new and wondrous, and too often signs of human disruption. Continue reading... DAVID GALLO WATCH: What You Don't Know About Life At The Bottom Of The Ocean To date we've explored less than 5 percent of the world beneath the waves. So what's in the other 95 percent? Is it possible that by some chance we've already found all of the exciting stuff, or is the ocean full of surprises? Continue reading... ONE FOR THE TABLE An Evening at Trois Mec When it comes to fine dining with a twist, no one in L.A. is doing it better than these three. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003