As STD rates rise, so will costs, local stakeholders say

The rates of sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia and gonorrhea have reached new highs in the U.S., while reported cases of syphilis rose by roughly 90 percent in Allegheny County, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For stakeholders in both public and private health care, those increases may have sweeping implications for the health care providers working to contain the spread of these diseases, as well as the costs associated with treating them. According…
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