Articles Tagged With: STDS
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Pandemic Unlikely to Have Stopped Trend of Rising STDs, Researchers Suggest
The 2019 STD Surveillance Report noted annual cases of STDs in the United States reached an all-time high in 2019 for the sixth consecutive year. In 2019, there were 2.5 million reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, and a nearly 30% increase in reportable STDs between 2015 and 2019. Data from 2020 showed a similar trend of high STD cases in the first 11 weeks of 2020, but reported cases were much lower than 2019 cases for a week in April 2020. -
New Report Makes Case to Act Against Skyrocketing STDs
A new review by the National Academy of Public Administration makes a convincing case to act against skyrocketing sexually transmitted disease rates.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Online Sex and Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Swingers Come Out; HIV-positive Patients Require Hepatitis B Vaccine
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Is It Time to Declare a ‘Sexual Health Crisis’?
Reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis have increased for the first time since 2006.