Sexually Transmitted Diseases In US Reach Record High, CDC Data Indicate.

reports that “for the second year in a row,” US diagnoses of “chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis reached a record high.” The article says “more than 2 million cases” of the three sexually transmitted diseases were reported in 2016, according to data released by the CDC on Tuesday. The Times adds that the rise in women with syphilis has caused a corresponding increase in congenital syphilis among newborns, which has nearly doubled to 632 cases since 2012. http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-std-rates-20170926-story.html