The Columbian

Sexually transmitted disease numbers show improvement

NEW YORK — 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 ...
Boston Herald

Sexually transmitted disease cases fall, but not syphilis in newborns

NEW YORK (AP) — Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new government data posted Wednesday. At The Hollow in ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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

Despite improvements in the rates of sexually transmitted diseases across the country, the infection rate remains high in Georgia, especially for gonorrhea and chlamydia, according to data released ...
WSB-TV

New CDC data shows cases of sexually transmitted infections, diseases starting to slow

ATLANTA — In May, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an increase in certain sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea, and syphilis, while infections of ...
KWWL

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

(CNN) — Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expressing cautious optimism about some ...
The Hill

STD diagnoses jumped in recent years, especially among seniors

Diagnoses of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) jumped up in recent years, especially among older Americans, according to new data. The data from FairHealth found a 4.8 percent increase in patients ...