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Sexually transmited diseases Coverage

(CNN) -- Health care providers should consider prescribing a commonly used antibiotic to certain people as a way to prevent chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis infections, according to a draft recommendation posted online by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday.

CDC draft recommends certain people use antibiotic pill after sex to prevent the spread of STIs

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Syphilis infections have increased from 2,135 cases in 2019 to 3,875 cases last year, according to state data.

AREA. METEOROLOGIST KAT CAMPBELL, WE HAVE THE DETAILS FOR YOU ON THAT IN YOUR FULL FORECAST. COMING UP. >> A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN SYPHILIS CASES STATEWIDE HAS HEALTH OFFICIALS SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE GET TESTED? WRAL INVESTIGATES IS DIGGING INTO THE NUMBERS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS IS PREGNANT. WOMEN PASSING THE INFECTIONS TO THEIR NEWBORNS WRAL'S JOE FISHER SHOWS US THIS MAY BE ANOTHER LONG TERM IMPACT. >> OF THE PANDEMIC. >> WAKE COUNTY IS SEEING AN INCREASE REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD IN SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS HERE AT THE COUNTY'S HEALTH CENTER TESTING AND TREATMENT ARE FREE. AND THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THIS CLINIC ARE URGING RESIDENTS TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR HEALTH. >> WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET IN AND GET TREATED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WAKE COUNTY IS SEEING A RISE IN ST IVES FROM HIV CASES UP. 42% IN 4 YEARS TO GONORRHEA UP 6% AND SYPHILIS UP. 25%. YOU'RE NOT TREATED FOR SYPHILIS. YOU CAN GO WITHOUT KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE IT STATEWIDE HIV CASES HAVE REMAINED FLAT CHLAMYDIA AND GONORRHEA CASES HAVE DROPPED. BUT SYPHILIS NUMBERS HAVE SWELLED. 81% SINCE 2019 WITH NEARLY 4,000 CASES LAST YEAR, THERE'S BEEN A DECREASE IN CONDOM USE LESS PROTECTION AND LESS ACCESS TO TESTING DURING THE PANDEMIC HAS LED TO THE DRAMATIC INCREASE. ALONSO PAMPLIN OVERSEAS WAKE COUNTY'S STI CLINIC. SHE WANTS PARENTS TO HAVE EARLY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR KIDS. IF YOU DON'T TEACH YOU HOW TO USE CONDOMS ABOUT CONDOM USE WHEN THEY DO ENGAGE IN THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE THAN DID NOT GO IN TECHNICALLY BE ABLE TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION IN DECEMBER NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH OFFICIALS ISSUED THIS PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT WARNING OF AN INCREASE IN CONGENITAL SYPHILIS OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS. THE NUMBER OF BABIES IN OUR STATE BOARD WITH THE INFECTION INCREASED FROM 19 TO 56. A NEARLY 200% INCREASE STATE LAW REQUIRES PROVIDERS TO TEST PREGNANT WOMEN FOR SYPHILIS. 3 TIMES DURING THEIR PREGNANCY. THERE CAN BE IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE ALONG THE IF THEY ARE TREATED IN A TIMELY MANNER. PAMPLIN WANTS TO STOP THE STIGMA SURROUNDING SCREENINGS TO STOP THE SPREAD TO DEFINITELY GET TESTED. GET TESTED WITH YOUR PARTNER TOGETHER AND PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE WAITING UNTIL THEY GET SYMPTOMS TO GET TESTED. IT'S RECOMMENDED PEOPLE GET TESTED AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. IF THEY'RE SEXUALLY ACTIVE. >> AND MORE OFTEN EVERY 3 TO 6 MONTHS, IF THEY HAVE MULTIPLE PARTNERS. I'M JOE FISHER, WRAL NEWS, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. DHHS SAYS EVEN SOME DOCTORS ARE NOT COMFORTABLE. >> TO TALK TO THEIR PATIENTS ABOUT HEALTH STATE. HEALTH OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO SEND MESSAGING TO PROVIDERS,

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The CDC warns that cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States continued to increase in 2021.


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Sexually transmited diseases Coverage

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