Epidemic of sexually transmitted infections slows, CDC says, but some still trending upward in New York state, LI
The CDC did not break out most data for county or region, but for New York State in 2023, there were 12,393 cases of all stages of syphilis, or a rate of 63.3 cases per 100,000 people. By both measurements, those numbers were the lowest in three years.
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 Control and Prevention are expressing cautious optimism about some decreases emerging in the newest data.
Sexually transmitted infection rates slow, CDC reports
The number of sexually transmitted infections (STI ... use of antibiotics to prevent certain bacterial STIs and authorized at-home tests to detect the infection. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in August approved the first at-home, over-the-counter ...
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Tuesday shows meaningful declines in STI rates between 2022 ...
Georgia continues to see a high rate of sexually transmitted diseases, despite a drop in case numbers nationally, according to the CDC ...
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