STI Epidemic Slows As New Syphilis, Gonorrhea Cases Fall In US, CDC Says
Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are slowing after decades of growth in the U.S., according to the latest statistics from the CDC. While STIs are still at record levels, new cases of chlamydia and syphilis may be stabilizing while gonorrhea cases have declined for two consecutive years.
New CDC data shows cases of sexually transmitted infections, diseases starting to slow
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 chlamydia were lower Now, new data from the CDC shows signs of ...
Epidemic of sexually transmitted infections slows, CDC says, but some still trending upward in New York State, on 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.
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A dermatophyte known as Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII) has been identified as the cause of an emerging sexually transmitted fungal infection in four adults in the United States, according to a paper published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ( MMWR ).
US Epidemic of Sexually Transmitted Infections Shows Signs of Slowing, CDC Says
The number of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the United States in 2023 was down nearly 2% from the year before, a sign the epidemic could be slowing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
STD epidemic slows as new syphilis and gonorrhea cases fall in US
Last year, cases of the most infectious stages of syphilis fell 10% from the year before — the first substantial decline in more than two decades. Gonorrhea cases dropped 7%, marking a second straight year of decline and bringing the number below what it was in 2019.
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.
America's Epidemic of STDs May Finally Be Slowing
The STI epidemic appears to be cooling off in the U.S. Gonorrhea cases dropped for a second year in 2023. Syphilis cases increased 1%, but declined in key groups
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)
There are millions of sexually transmitted infections in the US every year, but new data shows the epidemic may be slowing
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