More than 2.5 million STD cases were reported to the CDC in 2022 — likely a significant undercount given challenges around the country with access to testing.
Minnesota saw more cases of congenital syphilis last year than at any time in the past four decades, according to data released Thursday by the state's Health Department. Twenty-nine newborns - including three stillbirths - were infected with the disease last year, up from 20 in 2022. Just a decade ago, there were no cases of congenital syphilis reported in the state, the Health Department .
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is using a creative tool to warn people in Baltimore about an STI that's impacting some of our youngest and most vulnerable.