Sexually transmitted infections near 0.5m a year in UK

Dr Gwenda Hughes, STI expert at the HPA, says young people lack confidence to insist on safer sex.
There were almost half a million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the UK last year, figures show. Experts at the Health Protection Agency (HPA) say young people are most affected. And one in 10 of 15-24 year olds with an STI become infected again within a year.  Health ministers said they would look at what more could be done to increase young people's awareness of risks.  The 482,696 new cases represent a 3% rise from the 2008 figures, continuing a "steady upward trend" that the HPA said had been seen over the past decade.