Syphilis rates among gay and bisexual men have skyrocketed in the past two decades, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.
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In 2015, gay and bisexual men accounted for more than 60 percent of early stage syphilis cases overall. And the national rate of early stage syphilis for this group was estimated to be at 309 cases per 100,000, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That rate was 106 times higher than the rate among heterosexual men and 168 times higher than the rate among women, the CDC report noted.