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Preliminary 2017 STD Data – Media Coverage

STDs are all the buzz around the nation. Here is a media digest on the preliminary data that highlights the all-time high STDs featuring NCSD.

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Release Date
August 30, 2018

FULL MEDIA DIGEST – Warning this is a very long list. Below are some of the highlights.

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NCSD – STDs hit record highs again, threatening millions of American lives

AP – CDC: STD rates skyrocketing in United States

Bloomberg – ‘We Are Sliding Backward’: STDs Hit Record High,  Resistant Gonorrhea Emerges

British Medical Journal – Sexually transmitted diseases reach record highs in US

CNN – Rates of three STDs in US reach record high, CDC says

Daily Kos – STI rates are at an all-time high. Officials say it’s become a public health crisis

NPR – Record High Number Of STD Infections In U.S., As Prevention Funding Declines

NBC News – STDs continue rapid rise in U.S., setting new record, CDC says

NCSD – STDs hit record highs again, threatening millions of American lives

CBS – STDs on the rise: CDC says gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia hit record levels in U.S.

The Atlantic – The U.S. Hits Record STD Numbers—And Prevention Budgets Continue to Fall

Axios – 2017 set records for STD diagnoses in the United States

Buzzfeed – The US Had Another Record-Setting Year For STDs

Huffington Post – U.S. Has Highest STD Rates In Industrialized World. Experts Blame A Lack Of Resources

Vice News – America has gonorrhea

USA Today – Sexually transmitted diseases surge for the 4th straight year, CDC reports

The Independent (UK) – Record 2.3 million new STD cases in America as federal funding cuts hinder prevention projects

POZ – Sexually Transmitted Infections Rise Steeply as U.S. Response Declines

STAT Alert – STDs in The US Have Surged to a Record-Breaking High, The CDC Warns

Bustle – STI Cases Are At A Record High In The U.S., The CDC Says

Elle – The U.S. Is Seeing a Record Increase in STDs

Refinery 29 – STIs Are Becoming A Public Health Crisis, According To National Coalition of STD Directors

Popular Science – Sexually transmitted diseases are at an all time high (again). But why?

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