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CDC: Teen Birth Rates Down, STI Rates Up

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a pair of reports Thursday showing that among teens, birth rates have dropped over the last year — but sexually transmitted disease rates are increasing.  According to the reports, babies born to teen moms dropped 9 percent in 2010 — the biggest single-year decline since 1946-47. And over the last two years, teen birth rates have dropped 15 percent.