Tag: STIs

In what seems to be a very 2021 news story, a scourge of syphilis is on the loose. The sexually transmitted infection has spread with alarming speed through Melbourne and now, health officials are struggling to contain it. As reported by the Victorian Department of Health, there’s been a large spike in syphilis among Melbourne’s

STD rates have risen. Again. According to preliminary data released from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the number of people contracting sexually transmitted diseases has increased for the fourth straight year. In 2017, nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were diagnosed in America. This surpasses the 2016 figure by roughly