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Philly has highest STI rates in the country – improving sex ed in schools and access to at-home testing could lower rates

  • Written by Carlos Mahaffey, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Purdue University
imageRates of syphilis and gonorrhea have risen significantly among Philadelphians age 15-24 over the past five years. Dusan Stankovic/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Philadelphia ranks No. 1 among U.S. cities for new sexually transmitted infections – STIs – according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and...

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