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Rates of gonorrhea, syphilis continued to increase in 2020, CDC data shows | CNN
Data published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that rates of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States decreased in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, but many had recovered and even increased by the end of 2020.
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The rates of STIs are from 5 to 60 times higher among sex workers than in general populations.
Increased syphilis in newborns
Syphilis in newborns, called congenital syphilis, rose 15% from 2019 – a 235% increase from 2016. Congenital syphilis happens when a woman with syphilis passes the infection to her baby during pregnancy. It can lead to serious health problems and death.
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Expectant mothers with sexually transmitted infections are more likely to give birth prematurely, study finds
In a letter to CDC partners published with the report, Dr. Leandro Mena, director of the CDC’s Division of STD Prevention, said the “surge” in congenital syphilis over the past five years is fueled by increases in primary and secondary syphilis.
“Rates of P&S syphilis increased 24% among reproductive-age women from 2019 to 2020, resulting in increases in congenital syphilis. In 2020, there were 2,148 congenital syphilis cases, an increase of 15% since 2019,” the researchers wrote.
According to the report, the most common missed opportunity around congenital syphilis prevention was in women who did not receive timely prenatal care or testing for syphilis
