MIAMI, FL - MAY 12: Peter Yanez, who is insured under a policy from the Affordable Care Act, has blood drawn by Linda Williams, a medical assistant, as he gets a blood test at a Planned Parenthood health center on May 12, 2017 in Miami, Florida. A GOP plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act would cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood services at their health centers. Planned Parenthood has approximately 700 health centers across the country that serve 2,470,000 male and female patients and provide services for preventive health care, birth-control, cancer screeening, pregnancy tests and STD testing and treatment. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
FULTON COUNTY, GA — Cases of sexually transmitted diseases once again increased in the United States, making 2018 the fifth consecutive year in which the number of people infected with gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis went up.
Reduced access to STD prevention and care, a decreased use of condoms and cuts to programs at the state and local level continue to drive the increase in the prevalence of the diseases. The data comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual report on sexually transmitted disease surveillance.
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