The CDC is tracking a summer rise in COVID-19 cases across the U.S., with Florida showing some of the steepest increases.Dr.

According to a 2018 STD Surveillance Report from the CDC, combined cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia reached an all-time high in the United States last year with more than 2.4 million cases.

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Flu is reported differently, by hospitalizations. "America's worsening STD epidemic is a clear call for better diagnosis, treatment, and prevention," said the CDC's Dr. Jonathan Mermin.

CDC experts said the decreases follow important developments and innovations in STI prevention, such as: New guidelines for using doxycycline after exposure to bacterial STIs, to prevent infection.

Health officials have warned about the rising rates of STDs. There were 2.5 million cases of gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia reported in 2021, according to the CDC's most recent data.

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It’s a 937% increase in the past decade, Laura Bachmann, acting director of the CDC’s Division of STD Prevention, wrote in a statement accompanying the data.

"I see a glimmer of hope amidst millions of STIs," Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, said in a news release.