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   California reached a record high in the number of sexually   
   transmitted disease cases last year, with the state seeing an   
   overall 45 percent spike in the number of chlamydia, gonorrhea   
   and syphilis cases over the past five years.   
      
   According to the state report, officials are most concerned   
   about an uptick in the number of stillbirths due to congenital   
   syphilis.   
      
   The data, which was compiled by the California Department of   
   Public Health, revealed chlamydia and gonorrhea to be most   
   rampant among people under 30, with rates of chlamydia highest   
   among young women. Men accounted for the majority of syphilis   
   and gonorrhea cases.   
      
   "While there are advocates and champions for cancer, nobody is   
   out there saying, ‘I have gonorrhea and these are the best ways   
   to treat it,'"   
      
   - Dr. Jeffrey Klausner   
      
   If left untreated, chlamydia and gonorrhea can result in   
   infertility, ectopic pregnancy and chronic pelvic pain, while   
   syphilis can cause blindness, hearing loss and neurologic   
   issues. With more than 300,000 cases of all three diseases   
   reported in the state in 2017, researchers counted 30   
   stillbirths resulting from congenital syphilis.   
      
   “For California to have a steady increase in congenital syphilis   
   is shameful,” Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a professor of medicine at   
   University of California, Los Angeles, told the Associated   
   Press. “We’ve known how to control syphilis since early 1900s.   
   Seeing it come back like this is a sign of failure of the public   
   health safety net.”   
      
   Officials were quick to point to a lack of public sex education   
   and health programs in the community.   
      
   “While there are advocates and champions for cancer, nobody is   
   out there saying, ‘I have gonorrhea and these are the best ways   
   to treat it,’” Klausner told the Associated Press. “There’s no   
   one out there being a champion for these conditions.”   
      
   The health department's chief of the division of communicable   
   disease control also placed blame on social media.   
      
   "It makes it easier for people to meet people they don't already   
   know to have sex," Dr. James Watt told the San Francisco   
   Chronicle. "The internet allows for broadening of sexual   
   networks, and the broader that gets the more opportunity you   
   have for sexually transmitted diseases to spread."   
      
   The health department is now planning a greater public effort to   
   spread awareness about the dangers of STDs and how to protect   
   against them, but the head of the state’s STD Control Branch   
   said budget issues have played a role in the uptick of cases.   
      
   Dr. Heidi Bauer estimated that about $20 million in state and   
   federal money is allocated annually to fighting STDs. With a   
   state population of nearly 40 million, Bauer said it isn’t   
   enough, especially in areas struggling with poverty, substance   
   abuse, mental health issues and homelessness.   
      
   The state's homeless population of more than 130,000 people   
   accounts for about 25 percent of the nationwide total, with   
   clean up efforts associated with the communities topping $10   
   million in 2016-17. Maintenance crews have been tasked with   
   cleaning up feces, urine, needles and other dangerous materials   
   as the cities grapple with how to handle the surge of   
   homelessness.   
      
   In April, the health department reported a slowdown in the   
   number of reported hepatitis A cases that was plaguing the   
   homeless community since a 2016 outbreak began in San Diego   
   County. It had spread to Santa Cruz, Los Angeles and Monterey   
   counties, killing 21 people.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/05/15/stds-reach-all-time-   
   high-in-california.html   
          
      
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