Bacterial STDs

In the 1960s up to 20 diseases were recognized as being transmitted by sexual contact, and the term “sexually transmitted disease” came into use.

Just before and after World War II, the U.S. government encouraged publicity on the matter of STDs in the hopes that the population would realize the gravity of these new diseases. In 1937, then U.S. Surgeon General Thomas Parran initiated a nationwide campaign to educate the public about the causes and cures of venereal disease. Numbers of new cases declined each year until the 1950s, when cases rose among teens and young adults. In 1998, concerned by high rates of genital herpes, and chlamydia, as well as reports of syphilis and gonorrhea, the CDC began widespread campaigns to combat STDs.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are among the most common infectious diseases in the United States today. They affect more than 13 million people each year. These diseases do not prejudice against race, g

Syphilis is a bacterial spirochete called Treponema pallidum. Although some medical historians believe that syphilis first appeared in Spain among sailors who had returned from the New World in 1493, others have concluded from archaeological evidence that syphilis probably originated in the Old World but may have been confused with leprosy. It was not widely recognized until an

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