Sex News
January, 1982
Dirty Toilet SeatsAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, 27,204 cases of syphilis were reported in 1980. That's a 33.4 percent rise since 1977.Dr. Stuart Brown of the C.D.C. told us that the increase can't be explained away as due to either better reporting procedures or behavioral changes, since other venereal diseases don't show a corresponding increase. So why is syphilis resurfacing in such numbers?Dr. Brown suggested that it may reflect the trend of public-health programs back in the...
