Gonorrhea, Chlamydia And Syphilis Have Risen For The Fifth Consecutive Year

Three STDs Reach All-Time Highs In The US, New CDC Report Says by Jacqueline Howard.  CNN.  October 8, 2019.

Newborn Syphilis Cases More Than Double In Four Years, Reaching 20-Year High

New Syphilis Cases More Than Double In Four Years, Reaching 20-Year High.  Press Release.  September 25, 2018. 

Georgia Among The Worst States For Chlamydia, Gonorrhea And Syphilis Rates

Georgia Among Worst States For Chlamydia, Gonorrhea And Syphilis Rates, CDC Report Says by Fiza Pirani.  October 11, 2017. 

Opioids Lead To Return Of Syphilis

Hunting A Killer:  Sex, Drugs And The Return Of Syphilis by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  August 24, 2017. 

A Dangerous, 'Silent Reservoir' For Gonorrhea: The Throat

A Dangerous, 'Silent Reservoir' For Gonorrhea:  The Throat by Aneri Pattani.  The New York Times.  July 31, 2017. 

Four Metro Atlanta Counties Rank Among Nation's Highest For STD Cases

These Metro Atlanta Counties Rank Among Nation's Highest For STD Cases by Ben Brasch.  The Atlanta Journal Constitution.  October 24, 2016. 

More STD Cases Reported Last Year Than Ever

Sexually Transmitted Disease Cases Hit New High In U.S. by Maggie Fox.  NBC News.  October 19, 2016.

Evolving Antibiotic Resistance Is Making Gonorrhea Increasingly Untreatable

Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn by Rebecca Hersher.  NPR.  August 30, 2016

Worldwide, Treatments Of Gonorrhea Becoming More Limited Due to Antibiotic Resistance

Untreatable Form Of Gonorrhea May Show Up In The U.S. by Emma Court.  Market Watch.   December 30, 2015. 

Increase In Alcohol Taxes Apears Linked To Decreased Gonorrhea Rates

Increase In Alcohol Tax Appears To Have Decreased Gonorrhea Rates In Maryland.  University of Florida/Science Daily.  December 9, 2015. 

Billions Worldwide Have Either Herpes Simplex Virus-Types 1 Or 2

You Likely Have Herpes And You Almost Definitely Don't Know It.  Reuters/VICE News.  October 29, 2015. 

HPV Vaccinations May Lag Because Of Physician Practices

Why Doctors May Be To Blame For America's Low HPV Vaccine Rates by Anna Almendrala.  Huffington Post.  October 23, 2015. 

Retirement Communities: Hot Bed For Unsafe Sex?

Sex And Single Senior by Ezekiel J. Emanuel.  Sunday Review/The New York Times.  January 18, 2014.

(1)  In 2011 and 2012, ________ million Medicare beneficiaries received free sexually transmitted disease screenings.

(2)  The number of S.T.D. tests for enrollees was approximately the same as those who ________________.

(3)  Between 2007 and 2011 the syphilis infections increased by _______ percent.

(4)   Retirements are becoming like __________________ because similar people are gathered together.

(5) Condoms are used in only ________ percent of sexual encounters
among those 61 and older.

(6)  Clinicians must be aware of increased S.T.D. in the elderly  and not overlook ___________ when treating older patients.

Disease That Infects 800,000 A Year Gets New Treatment Options

Treatments Emerge For Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea by Betsy McKay.  The Wall Street Journal.  July 15, 2013.

Follow the above link, read the article, and test your retention.

(1)  Some of the consequences of gonorrhea are _________________.

(2)  As a result of increasing resistance,  ___________ antibiotic now may safely be used on a regular basis.  Unfortunately, the drugs must be _________ not taken as a ________.

(3)   Why do researchers call gonorrhea a "very smart organism?"

Dating Websites For Those With STD's

STD Dating Websites Are On The Rise by Natalie DiBiasio, USA TODAY.  March 28, 2013.

Sites catering to individuals infected with STD's are increasingly popular.  They eliminate awkward moments and reflect the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in the U.S.  For example, the article cites a statistic that one in four women is infected with herpes.

Georgia Ranks #4 For Syphillis

Georgia No. 4 For Syphilis by April Burkhart.  Online Athens.  March 2, 2013.  

Georgia's No 4 ranking goes along with seventh for gonorrhea and eight for chlamydia.  The article contains a discussion of symptoms, the impact on Northeast Georgia, and Georgia efforts to confront the issue.  A public health official stated that there often is a lack of the basic information about how the diseases are transmitted.  Patients sometimes "have no clue" of how they obtain the disease.  

Cheery Valentine's Day News

STI Epidemic:  Nearly 20 Million Sexually Transmitted Infections In the U.S. Each Year, Researchers Find.  Huffingtonpost.  February 13, 2013.

Of those 20 million new infections each year, half occur in people between ages 15 and 24.  In total there are over 110 million STIs in the United States right now.  STI's cost about $15.6 billion yearly not including productivity loss.  Condom use is  presented as vital in light of those statistics.

Epidemiological Lessons From the Porn Industry?

Unlikely Model in H.I.V. Efforts:  Sex Film Industry by Donald G. McNeil.  The New York Times.  November 6, 2012.

Adult film industry medical consultants say that in the 350,000 sex scenes filmed since 2004 not one case of H.I.V has been transmitted.  The article points to rigorous testing requirements and monitoring for this record.  The industry resists law requiring condoms in sex scenes for financial and market reasons.  Also important to the industry is the comfort of performers.  Condoms chafe limiting the number of sex scenes and therefore income for performers.  California heath officials and others question the industry's record with other sexually-transmitted diseases.  Gay porn by contrast has required condoms since the 1980s