In the UK, the number of people diagnosed with STDs has risen by 63 percent

Date: 2007-11-16

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In the UK, the number of people diagnosed with STDs has
risen by 63 percent, according to the Health Protection Agency, with an
alarming rise in diseases previously thought to be under control. Cases of
syphilis show the most dramatic increase, with a rise of 1,607 percent.
Gonorrhea is up 46 percent, Herpes is up 31 percent, and cases of genital
warts have risen by 22 percent. Even more alarming, new cases of HIV have
tripled. The most at risk are young people ages 16 to 19, with 45 percent of
Gonorrhea cases being diagnosed among teenagers.

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