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Covid pandemic exacerbated rise in STDs in United States: Study
WASHINGTON: Reported cases of many types of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) went up in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic, as the frequency of screenings decreased, an official report said Tuesday.The pandemic worsened an underlying trend of increasing STDs over the past decade, blamed on declining public health funding, said Jonathan Mermin, a doctor and senior official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which authored the report.Reported cases of gonorrhea and primary and secondary syphilis were up 10 percent and seven percent respectively, compared to 2019.Syphilis among newborns, known as congenital syphilis, also increased, with reported cases up

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