Sexually transmitted diseases: 90% of the some 400 new cases of gonorrhea and 126 new cases of chlamydia are African Americans between the ages of 15-to-24

New numbers released by the CDC also show 18 new cases of syphilis. Gay men who know they are HIV positive account for the all of the new syphilis cases. Syphilis is up 46%, gonorrhea is up 31% and chlamydia is up 3%.