The US is dealing with an “out-of-control” epidemic of sexually transmitted infections, according to the National Coalition of STD Directors.

The warning, issued in January, followed the release of an annual data report on STIs by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The exasperation of public health officials can be felt in the very first sentence of the online announcement.

“Yet again,” the CDC website said, “more than 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were reported in the United States.”

The most common STI in the US in 2022 was chlamydia, which has remained in the top spot for years now. Nevertheless, it is the recent rise in syphilis that is concerning health officials most. (Read more from “The US Is Facing an ‘Out of Control’ STI Epidemic, Experts Warn” HERE)