STDs continue to surge during pandemic, CDC says

The years-long surge in STDs in the United States continued in 2020 during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and there are indications that cases are still increasing, the CDC warned Tuesday.
For the first time in 7 years, the overall number of reported STD cases was lower than the previous year, but the CDC attributed the drop-off to a decline in reported cases of chlamydia — the nation’s most common STD — that was likely a result of pandemic-related interruptions to screening.
“This affirms once again that America isn’t taking the STD crisis seriously,”

The years-long surge in STDs in the United States continued in 2020 during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and there are indications that cases are still increasing, the CDC warned Tuesday.
For the first time in 7 years, the overall number of reported STD cases was lower than the previous year, but the CDC attributed the drop-off to a decline in reported cases of chlamydia — the nation’s most common STD — that was likely a result of pandemic-related interruptions to screening.
“This affirms once again that America isn’t taking the STD crisis seriously,”