Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) remains a major health problem in the United States last year, with more than 19 million reported cases, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control. “Despite everything we know about preventing and treating sexually transmitted diseases remain one of the most critical challenges in America today,” said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the National Center for HIV / AIDS , Viral hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, told Reuters in a telephone interview. The report indicates that the cost of new infections at $ 17 billion by year.One one hand, syphilis rates declined for the first time in a decade, falling 1.6 percent from 2009 to 2010. On the other hand, the rate among young men, the black is a 134 per cent since 2006, particularly those who are actually young, gay or bisexual.In, blacks, Hispanics and young people suffer disproportionately from STDs, according the report. Persons aged 15 and 24 make up a quarter of the sexually active population in the country, but almost half of new sexually transmitted diseases infections.Most are treatable, but if undetected, can cause infertility and other consequences for life. Chlamydia cases in 2010 reached 1.3 million, representing an increase in detection methods, but most cases of the disease remains undiagnosed.

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