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STD cases increasing in northern Idaho, Spokane area
Published: July 12, 2014, 5:42 PM
SPOKANE (AP) ? Health officials in northern Idaho and Eastern Washington say the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is at outbreak levels.
Spokane health officials said Thursday that identified cases of gonorrhea grew more than 50 percent over the past three months. The northernmost five counties in Idaho saw cases jump 300 percent in 2013, and officials expect more cases to be reported this year.
"We are seeing the highest rate we've seen in the last 20 years," Anna Halloran, Spokane Regional Health District disease intervention specialist, told The Spokesman-Review...
STD cases increasing in northern Idaho, Spokane area
Published: July 12, 2014, 5:42 PM
SPOKANE (AP) ? Health officials in northern Idaho and Eastern Washington say the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is at outbreak levels.
Spokane health officials said Thursday that identified cases of gonorrhea grew more than 50 percent over the past three months. The northernmost five counties in Idaho saw cases jump 300 percent in 2013, and officials expect more cases to be reported this year.
"We are seeing the highest rate we've seen in the last 20 years," Anna Halloran, Spokane Regional Health District disease intervention specialist, told The Spokesman-Review...