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  • CDC STUDY: Steep and Sustained Increases in STDs in Recent Years

    CDC STUDY: Steep and Sustained Increases in STDs in Recent Years

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    Nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were diagnosed in the United States in 2017, according to preliminary data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the National STD Prevention Conference in Washington, D.C. This surpassed the previous record set in 2016 by more than 200,000 cases and marked…