Researchers report more condom use among teenagers

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Researchers report more condom use among teenagers

By LAURAN NEERGAARD 
AP Medical Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - "Nearly half of high school students say they've had sex, yet progress has stalled in getting them to use condoms to protect against the AIDS virus, government researchers reported Tuesday.

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The more partners, the more risk. Fifteen percent of high school students say they've had four or more partners, down from 19 percent in 1991.

Fenton said many school systems don't have strong enough sex education policies that include teaching teens about how to prevent HIV. But he cautioned that the CDC study can't link the abstinence-only policies pushed by Congress through the late 1990s and early 2000s to the stalled condom use."