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STD epidemic slows as new syphilis and gonorrhea cases fall in US

The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels, according to federal data released Tuesday. The numbers represented some good news about sexually transmitted diseases,

Epidemic of sexually transmitted infections slows, CDC says, but some still trending upward in New York state, LI

According to data for 2023 released this week by the Centers for Disease Control, more than 2.4 million STIs were reported nationally in 2023, but diagnoses for gonorrhea dropped for a second year, and rates of syphilis — a potentially incapacitating ...

Atlanta Journal-Constitution · 1d

Epidemic of sexually transmitted disease has slowed in U.S. but not in Georgia

The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels.

Euronews on MSN · 1d

Sexually transmitted disease epidemic slows in US with fall in syphilis and gonorrhoea cases

"I’m encouraged, and it’s been a long time since I felt that way” about the nation’s epidemic of sexually transmitted infections, said the Center for Disease Control (CDC)

Drop in Syphilis Cases as Gay Men Turn to doxyPEP

The CDC reports that syphilis diagnoses have decreased among gay and bisexual men, which may be due to increased use of ...

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Syphilis rates are at their highest since the 1960s. Here's why.

STD Testing Clinics examined news reports, academic research, and government data to explain why STI rates in the United ...

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Tribal leaders ask feds to declare syphilis outbreak a public health emergency

This year in South Dakota, of 649 documented cases of syphilis, 546 have been among Native Americans, who make up only 9 ...

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Sudden syphilis retreat in gay men is most likely tied to preventive antibiotic use

A new proven protocol in which doxycycline is used to prevent sexually transmitted infections, called doxyPEP, has been an ...

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Soaring STI rate may be slowing, CDC says. One group is in 'crisis.'

In 2023, the U.S. reported over a million more sexually transmitted infections than in 2004, according to the CDC.Thousands ...

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STI Epidemic Slows as New Syphilis and Gonorrhea Cases Fall in the U.S.

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Syphilis cases see first substantial decline in 20 years: Federal data

Though the rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remains high in the U.S., the spread of syphilis appears to be ...

Louisiana ranks No. 1 and 2 for some sexually transmitted infections, new CDC data shows

The state ranks No. 1 for cases of chlamydia among all states, No. 8 for primary and secondary syphilis, the stage during ...

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There are millions of sexually transmitted infections in the US every year, but new data shows the epidemic may be slowing

Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease ...

Tribal health leaders say feds haven’t treated syphilis outbreak as a public health emergency

Natalie Holt sees reminders nearly everywhere of the serious toll a years-long syphilis outbreak has taken in South Dakota.

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Erie County's nearly four-year surge in syphilis cases might be near its end

Erie County's three-and-a-half year surge in syphilis cases is showing signs of easing. Only five cases of the sexually ...

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