(San Antonio, TX) — San Antonio health leaders are concerned that the city is participating in record high nationwide rates of sexually transmitted diseases.
A free clinic in Stone Oak reports a six-percent increase in STD testing in the past month, for new patients ranging in age from teenagers to their parents.
More than a quarter of patients reportedly test positive.
In San Antonio, where the numbers are regularly higher than the national average, Metro Health reports a 12-percent increase in gonorrhea and a two-percent increase in chlamydia.
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