News tagged with 'Syphilis'

There are 19 million newly diagnosed cases of sexually transmitted diseases(STD)a year, almost half among 15 to 24 year old females, finds this federal report from the CDC. African-American females have 20 times the gonorrhea rates than Caucasians showing the prevention message is not being heard.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports the sexually transmitted infection, chlamydia is at a record million plus new cases annually. The data, included in the annual Surveillance Report on STDs, indicates better reporting may account for the numbers.

In the United States there are 19 million new STD cases diagnosed each year. inSPOT is an Internet service that allows people to notify their sex partners that they may have been infected with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).