Grant County health officer reports gonorrhea outbreak

Grant County Health Officer, Dr. Alexander Brzezny, has declared a gonorrhea outbreak due to the sharp increase this year in the number of gonorrhea cases in Grant County. Public Health nurses are working closely with the Washington State Department of Health and health care providers to increase testing, reporting and treatment for gonorrhea. Testing and treating more people will curtail the spread of the disease.

Gonorrhea is a treatable, sexually transmitted disease (STD) that rarely has symptoms in its early stages, especially in women. It can be found through a simple urine test and is tr...