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Sex in the city can be risky, New York health officials say, after a new study found 26 per cent of the Big Apple's adult residents are infected with the herpes virus.
The national figure stands at 19 per cent.
The results have prompted a new push by health workers to encourage safe sex, with free condoms on offer, CBS reports.
Rates of Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and infectious syphilis were also higher than the national rate.
