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According to the Center for Disease Control, cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the U.S. are on the rise with about 20 million new STD cases each year. These “steep and sustained increases” are highest in diseases like gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis. In 2017 alone, there were 2.3 million STD diagnoses. That number broke the previous 2016 record by…
