STI’s Surge in Australia, Concerns for Health and Infant Mortality: Report

The potential impact on infants is urging swift and comprehensive responses from health authorities.

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection globally. Naeblys/Shutterstock

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) diagnoses have spiked in Australia, leading to a “concerning” health crisis and infant death, according to a new report.  

Syphilis cases have more than tripled (up 351 percent) and gonorrhea cases have doubled (up 120 percent) in the last decade.