By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syphilis has risen sharply among gay and
bisexual men in the United States this decade, driving up the
country's rate for the disease and placing these men at higher risk
for AIDS, federal health officials say.
Since dropping to the lowest level on record in 2000, the U.S. rate of
syphilis, a sexually transmitted bacterial disease, has risen
steadily, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said on
Friday.
The rate rose five years in a row through 2005, the most recent year
for which the CDC had figures.
Gay and bisexual men accounted for 7 percent of syphilis cases in 2000
but more than 60 percent in 2005, CDC experts estimated. <snip>
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Aside from the protected status issue, those of us in the population
who don't live promiscuous lifestyles will continue to have to pay the
medical costs of those of you who refuse to acknowledge or accept
responsibilities for your actions. (Please also quit attempting to
justify this by calling it a trait of your 'culture', irresponsibility
is not a cultural trait).
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