El Paso health officials urge residents to get tested after rise in syphilis cases
STD rates in El Paso fell in 2020, but health officials said they believe hesitancy and delay in seeking medical care during the pandemic was the reason for lower reported number of infections. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that annual cases of STDs in the U.S. were on the rise for six consecutive years and reached an all-time high in 2019 with 2.5 million reported cases of the three most commonly reported STDs — syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. People who have been infected can be asymptomatic carriers, especially in the instance of an infection fro...
Source: elpasotimes.com