By Marie Rosenthal, MS
The nation saw a concerning increase in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by the CDC. Reported cases of gonorrhea and primary and secondary syphilis were up 10% and 7% in 2020, respectively, compared with 2019; and congenital syphilis increased by almost 15%.
In hard numbers, there were 677,769 cases of gonorrhea; 133,945 cases of syphilis; 2,148 cases of congenital syphilis; and 1.6 million cases of