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Hawaii reports dramatic increase in congenital syphilis

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Expanded screening and treatment is needed to address the increasing rate of syphilis cases in women and newborns in Hawai‘i, according to the Department of Health. The continuing...

Houston officials report syphilis outbreak

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Houston health officials are reporting a syphilis outbreak responsible for a 128 percent increase in cases among women and a nine-fold rise in congenital syphilis in Houston and...

Panama report 22 congenital syphilis cases in 1st half of 2023, Most in 24 de Diciembre

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can affect men, women and babies in pregnant women, according to epidemiological data from the Metropolitan Health Region, maternal...

Pennsylvania reports most syphilis and congenital syphilis since 1990

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) reported this week that in 2022, 13 cases of Congenital Syphilis (exclusive of Philadelphia), which is the highest number reported in Pennsylvania...

Minnesota reports 25% rise in syphilis while reporting decreases in other STIs

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 While Minnesota state health officials reported decreases in several sexually transmitted infections (STI) in 2022–gonorrhea down 15 percent, chlamydia down 2 percent and HIV...

Syphilis cases on the rise in North Carolina

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 North Carolina health officials report syphilis cases are on the rise in the state. Cases increased 23% from 2021 to 2022. The increase is attributed to several factors, including...

Syphilis in babies: Canada reports large increase over four year period

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Public Health Agency of Canada recently reported in a infographic in the Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) that the number of infectious syphilis and congenital syphilis...

Mississippi reports more than 1100% rise in congenital syphilis, Prompts immediate action

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH), in the last several years, Mississippi has experienced sharp increases in the number of reported cases of primary and...

Syphilis and congenital syphilis in Paraguay

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The prevalence of syphilis in Paraguay remains high, despite the existence of efficient prophylactic measures, such as the use of condoms, and also effective and cheap therapeutic...

Brazil reports more than 122,000 new cases of syphilis between January and June 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In 2021, more than 167,000 new cases of acquired syphilis and 74,000 cases in pregnant women were registered in Brazil. In the same year, another 27,000 occurrences of congenital...