More than 2.4 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were reported in the U.S. in 2023. Still, the numbers show the cases of reportable STIs tended to decrease, or at least saw a sharp decline in the rate by which they increased. In this episode of the Sex+Health podcast, we talk with Bradley Stoner, MD, PhD, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of STD Prevention, for his thoughts on what's driving the epidemic and why the latest data show there may be cause for optimism.

*STI Fact Sheets: https://www.cdc.gov/sti/communication-resources/index.html
* Free, Confidential Testing: https://gettested.cdc.gov/
* STI Statistics: https://www.cdc.gov/sti-statistics/index.html
* How to prevent STIs: https://www.cdc.gov/sti/prevention/index.html
* About congenital syphilis: https://www.cdc.gov/syphilis/about/about-congenital-syphilis.html
* Preventing STIs with doxy PEP: https://www.cdc.gov/sti/prevention/doxy-pep.html
* Conversation tips: https://www.cdc.gov/sti-awareness/pbyt/conversation.html
* The conversation badge: https://www.cdc.gov/sti-awareness/pbyt/badges.html

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