STD rates in US reach record high, CDC says
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STD rates in US reach record high, CDC says

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Story highlights NEW: Experts call STDs in America "a public health crisis" A record number of STD cases were diagnosed in the US in 2017, according to preliminary CDC data CNN — Rates of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia have climbed for the fourth consecutive year in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday at the National STD Prevention Conference in Washington. Rob Stephenson, a professor and director of the Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, said that “it’s not a surprising trend.” “I think over the last five years, we’ve seen a rapid increase in the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in the US, and we’re also starting to see a plateau in our fight against the HIV epidemic, as well,” said Stephenson, who was not involved in the new CDC research. The only remaining highly effective antibiotic to treat gonorrhea in the United States now,” Dr. Gail Bolan, director of the CDC’s Division of STD Prevention, said Tuesday. “For every sexually active woman in the United States under age 26, it’s recommended that those women get tested for Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common sexually transmitted infection in our country, every year – and yet current data are that that happens for less than half of women.” The University of Michigan’s Stephenson said that prevention is key to reducing the number of new STD cases – such as practicing safe sex and getting tested regularly.

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