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CDC data shows that in 2020, 134,000 cases of syphilis were reported in the United States, rising to 176,000 in 2021, a large jump from the rate of syphilis recorded in the early 2000s, where only about 30,000 cases per year were registered. [24] Reports in 2023 show a rise of more than 900 percent in Mississippi over five years. [25] [26] [27 ...
In a recent CDC report, Vital Signs, data showed that in 2022 almost 9 out of 10 congenital syphilis cases could have been prevented if the mother had been tested and treated for the disease ...
[1] [2] He spent the rest of his career fighting racism in the U.S. healthcare system, working for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the early days of the AIDS crisis, and overseeing the government benefits program for survivors of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. [3] [4]
But syphilis isn’t just on the rise in Houston: Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in April found that, while syphilis cases made up a fraction of sexually ...
The rapid plasma reagin test (RPR test or RPR titer) is a type of rapid diagnostic test that looks for non-specific antibodies in the blood of the patient that may indicate an infection by syphilis or related non-venereal treponematoses. It is one of several nontreponemal tests for syphilis (along with the Wassermann test and the VDRL test).
Newborn syphilis cases, which can be fatal, have risen more than tenfold in the last decade and almost 32% in a single year, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Abstinence from intimate physical contact with an infected person is effective at reducing the transmission of syphilis. The CDC states, "The surest way to avoid transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis, is to abstain from sexual contact or to be in a long-term mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who has ...
A staggering 207,000 syphilis cases were reported in the US in 2022 — an 80% increase since 2018. Syphilis cases soar to highest level in 70 years — CDC sounds alarm over ‘unacceptable’ crisis