The New York City Health Department
is expanding its public education campaign to raise awareness of
increasing syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia rates across the city.
Some
of the sexually transmitted infections grew at double-digit percentage
rates over just a year in New York City, the health department says.
Generally, similar cases of STIs have been on the rise nationwide in the
last three years.
From 2015 to
2016, rates of syphilis have increased by 27 percent in New York City to
nearly 2,000 cases, and rates of gonorrhea have risen by 13 percent to
around 19,000 cases, according to the health department.
Chlamydia
remains the most commonly reported STI in New York City, with nearly
67,000 cases reported in 2016 -- an increase of 6 percent since 2015.
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