(HealthDay)—As of July 29, 2021, 2,022 infants born in 2020 were reported as having congenital syphilis, representing the highest case count since 1994, according to a letter to the editor published in the Sept. 16 issue ...
Sep 16, 2021
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Screening and treating pregnant women in sub Saharan Africa for syphilis* may be a cost-effective use of resources, according to a study published in this week's PLOS Medicine. The study by Mohammed Lamorde from Uganda's ...
Nov 5, 2013
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Eight times as many babies were born with syphilis in Colorado in 2022 as in 2017, and while the numbers are still small, the public health community is racing to get the disease under control.
May 8, 2023
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The most comprehensive genomic study of syphilis to date has mapped the recent resurgence of the disease around the world.
Nov 29, 2021
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The province of Saskatchewan leads the country in preventable, opportunistic illnesses enabled by poverty. With new changes to income support programs and increased housing instability, things are getting worse.
Jun 15, 2022
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are surging in the United States, with notable increases seen in case counts of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia.
Apr 11, 2023
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(HealthDay)—Newborn syphilis cases have shot up in the United States in recent years, so an expert panel is reaffirming the need to screen all pregnant women for the infection.
Feb 6, 2018
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Texas is leading the nation in new cases of a devastating and completely preventable disease: congenital syphilis.
Mar 14, 2022
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The number of syphilis cases has been consistently going up across Europe since 2010, mostly affecting men who have sex with men living in urban areas. In 2017, notification rates reached an all-time high in the EU/EEA countries ...
Jul 12, 2019
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Decades later, it's still hard to grasp what the federal government did to hundreds of black men in rural Alabama—even if you're among their descendants, lighting candles in their memory.
May 10, 2017
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