Rep. Mondaire Jones just did something to inspire fellow gay men
pic.twitter.com/7dSBe9TDcG— Rep. Mondaire Jones (@RepMondaire) September 20, 2022Jones, an attorney, lost his Democratic primary earlier this year to former impeachment counsel Dan Goldman in the 2022 Democratic primary, so will step down in the upcoming midterms.New York has had over 3,700 monkeypox cases since late May.
However, the outbreak is slowing down. The state is now averaging one new diagnosis a day. This is down from around 6 a day in mid-August.Related: Monkeypox: New York City reports “steep decline” in new casesAlthough the monkeypox figures are dropping in New York, the CDA this week released other figures of concern.It says sexually-transmitted infections in the US continue to spike.
Syphilis cases increased by 26% from 2020-2021, compared to a 7% increase in 2019-2020.There were around 52,000 syphilis cases last year, a number not seen in the US since 1948.
That was when antibiotics began to be widely used to treat the condition.Rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia also both increased, by just over 4%.
