Category Archives: STDs

LAT: ‘STDs in L.A. County are skyrocketing. Officials think racism and stigma may be to blame’

From the Los Angeles Times: But the picture is more complicated when it comes to the high STD rates among minorities. Gay and bisexual men make up the vast majority of new syphilis cases. In L.A. County, syphilis rates among … Continue reading

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CA’s Syphilis Boom

Soumya Karlamangla, Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2015 Part of a nationwide trend, cases of syphilis among women and newborns increased in the last two years in California and Los Angeles County, state officials said Monday. The annual number of … Continue reading

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