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Houston is experiencing an outbreak of syphilis, the city’s health department recently revealed. Cases of the sexually transmitted infection jumped a jaw-dropping 128% in women from 2019 to 2022 ...
In Buncombe County, syphilis infections have climbed from 27 cases of early and late-stage syphilis in 2015 to there 58 in 2022. Per 100,000 people, that's a rise of 4.8 cases to 8.4 for early ...
Cases of syphilis have hit record high numbers following a five-year trend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. A report published Jan. 30 examined the total cases of three ...
The first recorded outbreak of syphilis in Europe occurred in 1494/1495 in Naples, Italy, during a French invasion. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Because it was spread geographically by French troops returning from that campaign, the disease was known as "French disease", and it was not until 1530 that the term "syphilis" was first applied by the Italian ...
The first written records of an outbreak of syphilis in Europe occurred in 1495 in Naples, Italy, during a French invasion (Italian War of 1494–98). [11] [42] Since it was claimed to have been spread by French troops, it was initially called the "French disease" by the people of Naples. [103]
1924 Los Angeles pneumonic plague outbreak; 1924–1925 Minnesota smallpox epidemic; 1947 New York City smallpox outbreak; 1962-1965 rubella epidemic [2] 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak; 1976 swine flu outbreak; 1987 Carroll County cryptosporidiosis outbreak; 1990–1991 Philadelphia measles outbreak; 1993 Four Corners ...
Smallpox is among the most notable of diseases in the Columbian Exchange due to the high number of deaths and impact on life for Indigenous societies. [1] [5] Smallpox first broke out in the Americas on the island of Hispaniola in 1518. [7] The disease was carried over from Europe, where it had been endemic for over seven hundred years. [5]
The Houston Health Department is responding to an outbreak of syphilis in Houston and Harris Counties. There's been a sharp increase in cases among women. Syphilis outbreak in Houston leads to 9 ...