The U.S. Hits Record STD Numbers—and Prevention Budgets Continue to Fall
Funding cuts are one hurdle to stopping the spread of gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia.
On Tuesday, a new report from the Center for Disease Prevention and Control announced that nearly 2.3 million cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia were diagnosed in 2017—the highest number ever reported in the U.S. Since 2013, diagnoses of gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia are up 67 percent, 76 percent, and 21 percent, respectively. Chlamydia, the most common of the three diseases, saw 1.7 million cases last year.
There’s a at play in rising sexually transmitted disease rates. More babies
