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A tinted transmission electron micrograph of Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria (light purple/black) inside a cell. Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S., with more than 1.7 million reported cases in 2017.

Record High Number Of STD Infections In U.S., As Prevention Funding Declines

The U.S. has the highest rates of sexually transmitted disease cases in the industrialized world, say health trackers, with chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reaching 2.3 million cases in 2017.

Double Mountain Brewery founder Matt Swihart grabs freshly bottled pale ale from the bottling line in Hood River. The ale is among the first to be sold in Oregon's new refillable beer bottles.

Oregon Launches First Statewide Refillable Bottle System In U.S.

The new beer bottles can be refilled up to 40 times and are designed to be easily separated from the rest of the glass in the deposit system, ensuring that they get refilled instead of recycled.

Americans generally have little confidence in the institutions that control the U.S.

Here's Just How Little Confidence Americans Have In Political Institutions

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that Congress, the political parties and the media rank among the least-trusted U.S. institutions in the age of President Trump.

'Elizabeth Warren' Highlights All Of The Senator's Positives

Antonia Felix's new biography is a flattering portrait of a senator — no doubt by a strong supporter — whom many see as a contender for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.

President Trump's top aides have wrought an elaborate system of schemes to keep him from taking actions they feared would hurt the country, according to accounts in a new book by Bob Woodward.

'Idiot,' 'Unhinged,' A 'Sixth-Grader': Aides Fault Trump In Explosive New Book

Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward's new book details a chaotic White House in which officials scheme to protect the nation from a president they sometimes consider a danger to it.

President Trump has the phone numbers of prominent Fox News personalities, says Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman. "He will call them to suggest story ideas or to compliment them, and when they go on the air, they are thinking of ways to speak directly to the president."

Journalist Sees 'Almost No Daylight' Between Fox News And White House Agendas

Vanity Fair's Gabriel Sherman says the president and Fox News host Sean Hannity "speak almost daily, after Hannity's show, sometimes before, and sometimes for up to an hour a day."

Hair Removal Ad Makes Pakistani Women Go 'Wow' — But Not In A Good Way

The commercial celebrates hairlessness. And it prompted a cricket star to speak out, charging that the ad promotes "body shaming and objectification."

Robert Edwards, a student from Washington, speaks alongside lawmakers and gun control activists at the U.S. Capitol, a day before the "March for Our Lives." From left are Ilan Alhadeff holding a photograph of his daughter, Alyssa, a 14-year-old Parkland victim; Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.; Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla.; and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.

Students March; DeVos Gets Grilled; The Funding Gap Widens

School funding fairness, politically active students and more in the weekly education news roundup.

Twelve boys and their soccer coach, rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, described their ordeal at a news conference in Chiang Rai on Wednesday, after they left the hospital.

Thai Cave Rescue: Boys And Coach Speak To Press As They Leave Hospital

The 12 members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach, who were trapped in a cave together for two weeks, are set to go home from the hospital.

An amphibious boat is seen at Ride The Ducks on July 20, in Branson, Mo. On Friday, the National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report of video captured in the minutes leading up to the deadly accident.

Duck Boat Tour's Final Minutes Chronicled in Preliminary NTSB Report

A timeline based on video and audio recovered from the vessel indicate tourists were given safety instructions about 10 minutes before the weather turned. The boat capsized and 17 people died.

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