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Columbus Public Health recorded 613 syphilis cases in 2019. Last year, the total spiked to around 1,400 cases. In that same time frame, syphilis cases in women tripled to 376.

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, sexually transmitted disease cases have reached record highs. Today on Wellness Wednesday, we learn about the surge in cases and what can be done to confront the issue. We’ll also discuss how poverty and the turmoil of the pandemic have combined to create a mental health crisis among low-income school students.

Rates of sexually transmitted diseases in the United State are at an all-time high. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control, 2.3…

The U.S. has the highest rates of sexually transmitted disease cases in the industrialized world, say health trackers, with chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reaching 2.3 million cases in 2017.