STD rates hit a record for a 4th year in a row. It won't be easy to fix

Sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates in the U.S. are at a record high for the fourth year in a row, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

All told, nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were diagnosed in the U.S. in 2017. That's 200,000 more cases than were diagnosed in 2016, a year that also had a record-high number of cases, according to the CDC.