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3 babies have died of congenital syphilis in New York: What is it?

(NewsNation) — So far this year, at least three infant deaths associated with congenital syphilis have been reported in New York state, as the number of reported cases continues to increase nationwide ...
Time

Why Syphilis Cases in Newborns Are Rising Even as STIs Decline

This 1966 microscope photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a tissue sample with the presence of numerous, corkscrew-shaped, darkly-stained, Treponema pallidum ...
Boston Herald

Sexually transmitted disease cases fall, but not syphilis in newborns

NEW YORK (AP) — Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new government data posted Wednesday. What to know about the ...
AOL

STDs fall in adults, syphilis in newborns rises: CDC data

While sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the ...

Florida syphilis cases hit record high for new infections in this Treasure Coast county

Indian River County recorded the highest rate of new cases on the Treasure Coast, with 14 per 100,000 people diagnosed with ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sexually transmitted disease cases fall, but not syphilis in newborns

New government data shows another decline in sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults, but also a continued rise in syphilis in newborns FILE - This 1971 microscope photo provided by the ...