This Valentine’s Day, do something that could really help yourself and the ones you love. Get yourself talking—with your friends, boyfriend/girlfriend or health care provider—about STDs and the importance of getting tested using tips and examples from the new interactive GYT Party video!

I talked to two sexual health experts about the high rates of STDs among young people and the importance of getting tested.

There are over 5150 types of Hallmark cards, one for just about every occasion. But there’s a category that has been around for awhile that isn’t quite as common: STD cards.

Caught VD? The new CW show – Vampire Diaries has a clever new ad campaign. VD is also “venereal disease” or a super old-fashioned way of saying Sexually Transmitted Infection. It’s provocative, suggesting a hint of danger and a big dose of sex... but did they really think it through?  Take a bunch of raging hormones, add some sex and violence, and then suggest that STI’s are somehow sexy? Of course, that would be the case if anyone used the term venereal disease anymore.

Calling all Chlamydia Activists! If you are a teen volunteer, or even work for a teen clinic, check out this awesome opportunity to get $20,000 to fight chlamydia in the 15-25 yr. old female population in your area! The Center for Disease Control and MTV are giving out NINE of these really big grants, and they wanna hear from you!~Check out the grant site at http://bit.ly/bCEriG.