Syphilis, once nearly eliminated in the United States, continues to resurge, reaching the highest rate of new infections recorded since 1950, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
Experts pointed to a slew of reasons for the continued increases in syphilis and other S.T.I.s. Substance use, which is tied to risky sexual behavior, has risen. With better prevention and treatment for H.I.V., condom use has fallen out of vogue decreasing by about 8 percentage points between 2011 and 2021 among high school students, for example. And, crucially, there are far fewer sexual health clinics, along with the disease-intervention specialists and nurses who staffed them.
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