Sexually transmitted diseases continued to rise in the second year of the pandemic, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2021, syphilis rates shot up by 26%. "We now have the highest rate of syphilis since the Truman administration," David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors, told Axios.
Rates of congenital syphilis — when babies become infected while in the womb — also saw an alarming increase of 24% in 2021."It is imperative that we [...] work to rebuild, innovate, and expand [STD] prevention in the U.S.," Leandro Mena, director of the CDC's Division of STD Prevention, said in a speech at a medical conference this week,These efforts include home-test kits that could notify people of an infection earlier and help stem its spread, Mena added.
He also pointed to a decrease in condom usage and a surge in opioid and methamphetamine use that caused an increase in needle sharing."exist on shoestring budgets [...] at the breaking point in relation," Harvey said. He called on the CDC to request funding increases for the STI sector and permanently allow flexibility in funding streams. Under current restrictions, health departments are often unable to use HIV funding for STI support and vice versa, he said.
"The STD field itself led by states and cities and the U.S.
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