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  #COVID-19  #Statistics #CDC  #Coronavirus Despite the clear opposition to masks within the Trump White House and among its allies, Americans of all political stripes overwhelmingly support their use as a public health measure and say they wear them whenever they’re in public. Still, there are significant differences in mask-use rates at the state level. And data from Carnegie Mellon’s CovidCast, an academic project tracking real-time coronavirus statistics, yields a particularly vivid illustration of how mask usage influences the prevalence of covid-19 symptoms in a given area. Take a look. For all 50 states plus D.C., this chart plots the percentage of state residents who say they wear a mask in public all or most of the time (on the horizontal axis) and the percentage who say they know someone in their community with virus symptoms (on the vertical axis). If you’re curious about the exact numbers for your state, there’s a table at the bottom of this article. Take Wyom...

© National Sexual Violence Resource Center 2013. All rights reserved. #CivilianAdvocates #Military #NationalSexualViolenceResourceCenter #SexualViolence #CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention #CDC Sexual Violence in the Military A Guide for Civilian Advocates Sexual violence is a pervasive public health problem in the United States, and the military is not immune to its damaging effects. The military is working to materialize recommendations1 made by the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services (DTFSAMS, 2009), on sexual violence prevention and response. The military has made progress in reducing sexual violence and connecting victims2 to services. Sexual violence runs against the grain of military standards of service and values, yet it still happens. Continued and expanded efforts are needed to help support survivors and work to prevent sexual violence from occurring. The purpose of this guide is to provide advocates wo...

#Coronavirus #CDC #SanDiego #Outbreak  The new coronavirus, first detected in China, is causing a global outbreak of respiratory illnesses. A possible case of  Coronavirus  is being investigated at a San Diego hospital, a County Health and Human Services Agency official confirmed Monday. The patient who may have contracted the respiratory disease recently traveled through Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, on their way to San Diego, according to HHSA Public Health Officer Dr. Wilma Wooten. Cases in China have now surpassed 2,700, and at least 80 deaths have been reported as of Monday evening. Stateside, five have been hospitalized with confirmed cases of coronavirus: one in Washington, one in Illinois, one in Arizona, and two in Los Angeles and Orange counties,  NBC News reported . Dr. Wooten said there is a patient at a San Diego hospital who may have the virus, but officials won’t know for sure until test results return from the Centers f...

#Chlamydia #Gonorrhea #Syphilis #CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention #CDC #SexualHealth  MARYLAND — The number of cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis diagnosed in the United States in 2017 went up once again, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week. According to preliminary data released by the CDC, nearly 2.3 million cases of the three sexually transmitted diseases were diagnosed in 2017, an increase of more than 200,000 cases compared to 2016. The rise represents the "fourth consecutive year of sharp increases," the CDC says. Maryland ranks No. 17 nationally for chlamydia cases, No. 16 for gonorrhea cases and No. 13 for syphilis cases. Between 2013 and 2017, the CDC says gonorrhea diagnoses increased 67 percent overall and diagnoses of primary and secondary syphilis, the most infectious stages of the disease, increased 76 percent. Almost 70 percent of primary and secondary syphilis cases were among gay, bisexual and other men who...

#STD #CDC #Prevention #SexualHealth The rates of three  sexually transmitted diseases  (STDs) — gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis — have skyrocketed in the U.S., according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Jose Bazan , an associate professor of clinical internal medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, tells Yahoo Lifestyle that the spike in STD rates is “alarming.” The new  Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report , which looked at data from 2017-2018, reveals concerning increases in the three most commonly reported STDs in the U.S., marking a dramatic turn. “Yet not that long ago, gonorrhea rates were at historic lows, syphilis was close to elimination, and we were able to point to advances in STD prevention, such as better chlamydia diagnostic tests and more screening, contributing to increases in detection and treatment of chlamydial infections,”...