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Health Department officials reported a significant 36% spike in syphilis cases among women and an 11% jump in the gonorrhea rate among men in the city in 2022 — when aFor both sexes combined, the city saw a 3% increase in syphilis cases that year compared to 2021, a 3% increase in chlamydia cases and 10% increase in gonorrhea cases.
Most low-income citizens have access to health insurance such as Medicaid to be screened and treated for sexually transmitted infections including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV.But the department said it’s more difficult to reach the hundreds of thousands of uninsured New Yorkers, including asylum-seekers, undocumented migrants here illegally and other young people.
Younger residents, LGBT individuals, blacks and Latinos and the unemployed who are uninsured or underinsured are also less likely to get screening, officials added.But officials said the increase may partially reflect the resumption of STI screening services that were suspended or postponed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The department said it is seeking up to three contractors to provide STI-related services to uninsured New Yorkers in neighborhoods with the highest rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis.The services would include screening and treatment as well as providing vaccines for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, HPV, and mpox.
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