Indeed, you must be right, Frank, for it says at the top of this very story: By The Associated Press.
This just in from Les Nessman and the "AP news wire" . . . two special nuggets were left out of the original version from The Oregonian:
1) "Men, especially homosexual men, account for the majority of cases in Oregon and nationwide."
2) Multnomah County leads the VD way in Oregon with a fun-loving 250 cases per 100,000.