Nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were diagnosed in the United States in 2017, according to preliminary statistics released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) This surpassed the previous record set in 2016 by more than 200,000 cases and marked the fourth consecutive year of sharp increases in… Continue reading Sexually Transmitted Diseases Increasing Sharply
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Syphilis: What You Need to Know Today
Syphilis is a potentially deadly infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Ever since the discovery of penicillin in the 1940’s, the disease has been quickly cured with this antibiotic for those not allergic to the drug. As a result, the incidence of syphilis dropped dramatically. For close to two decades after the turn of this… Continue reading Syphilis: What You Need to Know Today