CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinoisans search for many things online, but what was the most Googled health issue? Syphilis.
The sexually transmitted disease was the number one health issue Googled in Illinois according to a June 27 article in Becker's Hospital Review.
More than 2 million Americans were diagnosed with STD's in 2016.
Patients may have typed in syphilis, but chances are they have something else. In the Chicago suburbs, chlamydia was diagnosed 55-percent more often than syphilis.
Doctors urge anyone who is sexually active to get tested.