Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are on the rise among Americans, with more than 2.5 million reported cases nationwide in 2021, according to the data released April 11 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Between 2020 and 2021, the CDC documented a total of 2.53 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. That marks a 5.8 percent increase from the 2.39 million STI cases reported in 2020 and a 7 percent increase from the 2.36 million cases in 2017.
