Posted on 10/09/2019 6:18:33 AM PDT by karpov
The number of combined cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia in the United States rose to a record high last year, including an alarming jump in the rate of newborn deaths caused by congenital syphilis, according to figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday.
More than 2.4 million syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia infections were reported in the United States in 2018, an increase of more than 100,000 cases from the previous year, the center said in its annual Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report.
It attributed the increase to several factors, including a decline in condom use among young people and men who have sex with men; increased screening among some groups; and cuts to sexual health programs at the state and local level, which led to clinic closures and fewer opportunities for counseling or testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
There were more than 115,000 syphilis cases reported to the center in 2018, a 71 percent increase since 2014. That included a 22 percent increase from 2017 in the number of newborn deaths related to congenital syphilis, which is passed from mother to child during pregnancy, the center said on Tuesday.
It said the increase in newborn deaths was a consequence of rising syphilis rates among women of reproductive age, whom it encouraged to practice safer sex and to get tested for S.T.D.s by their health care providers.
“There are tools available to prevent every case of congenital syphilis,” Gail Bolan, director of the C.D.C.’s Division of S.T.D. Prevention, said in a statement.
“Testing is simple and can help women to protect their babies from syphilis — a preventable disease that can have irreversible consequences.”
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I was thinking they can’t blame Trump for this, but you’re right they’ll probably try.
I meant in the article title: Gay STD’s are epidemic! since it looks like only MSM are getting all the STDs.
Yeah, the NY Times and the CDC both ignore the elephant in the room an lie by omission.
Yes, heterosexual promiscuity has consequences too and to pretend otherwise does a great disservice to young heterosexuals who think they’re safe from STDs simply because they’re straight. A man who has had sex with 100 different women is a ticking time bomb. Same for a woman who has had sex with 100 different men.
I’m sure all the Rat candidates discussed this public health issue in the LGBTQ Town Hall yesterday—especially fake Christian Mean Little Pete.
I’m sure all the Rat candidates discussed this public health issue in the LGBTQ Town Hall yesterday—especially fake Christian Mean Little Pete.
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