Alaska had the nation’s highest rate of gonorrhea last year and the third-highest rate of chlamydia, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
The rankings are from the CDC’s newest annual report on sexually transmitted infections, which was released last week.
Nationally, gonorrhea rates dropped 7% from 2022 to 2023, the CDC reported. Alaska’s 2023 rate was also lower than the state’s 2022 rate, but the decline was slighter. Gonorrhea can cause infertility…
