Are STI Rates Rising? A Plain-Language Explainer (2026)
Quick answer: STI rates rose for most of the past decade, and while reported cases fell 9% in 2024, they are still 13% higher than ten years ago. Congenital syphilis rose for the 12th straight year (CDC, 2024 provisional data). Experts point to several drivers: less consistent condom use, weakened public health funding, stigma that […]
Sex Education Statistics in America (2026, Sourced)
Quick answer: Sex education in the U.S. is uneven: 41 states and D.C. require sex or HIV education, but only 26 require it to be medically accurate (Guttmacher). Meanwhile the CDC counted more than 2.2 million STI cases in 2024, still 13% above a decade earlier (CDC), and more than 9 in 10 parents say […]