Have you been tested? STDs spreading in Dayton, across U.S.

Kitty Smith, from the Clark County Combined Health District, talks about some of the medication used to treat STD’s Friday. Bill Lackey/Staff

Kitty Smith, from the Clark County Combined Health District, talks about some of the medication used to treat STD’s Friday. Bill Lackey/Staff
Local News
By Kara Driscoll
Sept 27, 2017
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Reported cases of sexually transmitted diseases increased in 2016 locally and across the United States.

Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report 2016, released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), marks the third year of overall increasing rates for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. The majority of these new diagnoses — 1.6 million — were cases of chlamydia.

There were also 470,000 gonorrhea cases and almost 28,000 cases of primary and secondary syphilis nationwide – the most infectious stages of the disease.

“Increases in STDs are a clear warning of a growing threat,” said Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. “STDs are a persistent enemy, growing in number, and outpacing our ability to respond.”

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