The Center for Disease Control released a report in Aug. 2018 that there was a record number of diagnosed STD cases last year. In 2017, there were nearly 2.3 million cases of gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia. This was an increase of 200,000 since 2016. According to Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of the CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, the STD treatment systems in the country are at ...