Record 2.3 million STDs reported in US, CDC says

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Nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were reported in the United States in 2017 — more evidence of a steep and sustained increase in these reportable infectionsand marking another record-breaking year for STDs in the U.S., federal officials announced today.“We are sliding backward,” Jonathan H. Mermin, MD, MPH, director of CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, said in a news release. “It isevident the systems that identify, treat and ultimately prevent STDs are strained to near-breaking point.