CDC sounds alarm on STDs
Chlamydia continues surge; gonorrhea and syphilis change course
![syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/112616_notebook_scistat_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
SURVEY SAYS New estimates of the rates of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia infections (causal bacteria shown from left) are just a snapshot of a larger epidemic. In the U.S., there are more than 110 million people with a sexually transmitted disease at any point in time and about 20 million new infections every year.
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