Epidemic of sexually transmitted infections slows, CDC says

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The state ranks No. 1 for cases of chlamydia among all states, No. 8 for primary and secondary syphilis, the stage during which the disease is most infectious; No. 7 for congenital syphilis, which is passed to a newborn during pregnancy; and No. 2 for gonorrhea, behind only Alaska.
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.
Sexually transmitted infection rates slow, CDC reports
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.
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The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels.
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"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)
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