Experts believe the drop likely reflects a decrease in testing, but they agree there's no magic answer to the decline overall.

KFL&A Public Health will be opening a quick test clinic for gonorrhea due to a significant increase in cases this year.

An outbreak of Gonorrhea has been declared in Hastings and Prince Edward counties, following an increase in cases during the first five months of 2020.

New data shows Saskatchewan was already struggling with increased STI rates while preparing for the novel coronavirus.

Preliminary data from the Saskatchewan Health Authority points to sizable increases in both HIV and syphilis diagnoses.

According to the NSHA, preliminary data recorded 82 cases in Nova Scotia in 2019. That compares to approximately 50 cases in 2018 and 38 cases in 2017.

The number of syphilis cases in the Middlesex-London region as more than tripled in the last five years to 113 so far in 2019.

Health officials say they've recorded the first cases of a mother passing the disease on to a child since 2013, while overall rates are up 33 per cent.

A new harm reduction measure is taking place in North Battleford to help combat the spread of diseases and infections.

Alberta has seen a "sharp increase" in the infectious and congenital syphilis rates, leading the province's chief medical officer of health to declare a provincial outbreak.