(Fox 5) New federal data show that an estimated 1 in 5 people in the United States have had a sexually transmitted infection on any given day and half of them are in people under the age of 24.
Statistics from 2018 were released on Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The analysis was published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STI).
The data show there were nearly 68 million STIs on any given day and 26 million newly acquired STIs in 2018.