Maine reports increases in gonorrhea and syphilis, emphasizes importance of testing

Maine health officials are reporting dramatic increases in the sexually transmitted diseases (STD), gonorrhea and syphilis in the last five years. According to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, gonorrhea cases increased 191 percent, from 236 cases in 2014 to 686 in 2018 and cases of infectious syphilis increased by 593 percent, from ["]

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