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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Stobbe

Sexually transmitted disease cases fall, but not syphilis in newborns

STD Trends - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new government data posted Wednesday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provisional data for 2024 showed a third consecutive year of fewer gonorrhea cases, and the second year in a row of fewer adult cases of chlamydia and the most infectious forms of syphilis.

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