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U.S. syphilis rates highest since 1950, other STD rates down or flat

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Wed, 2024-01-31 09:26 — mike kraft
The US hasn't seen syphilis numbers this high since 1950. Other STD rates are down or flat Infectious syphilis cases in the U.S. rose by 9% in 2022. That's according to a new federal government report released Tuesday on sexually transmitted diseases in adults. AP News

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It’s not clear why infectious cases of syphilis rose 9% while gonorrhea dropped 9%, officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, adding that it’s too soon to know whether a new downward trend is emerging for the latter.

 

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Wed, 2024-01-31 10:06 — mike kraft

US sees record syphilis cases as funding cuts threaten to worsen epidemic Syphilis rates have continued to surge, reaching levels the nation hasn’t seen since 1950, according to new federal data released Tuesday.  According to the report from the Centers for Disease… nweixel The Hill

... public health officials said they are worried they don’t have the resources to combat the surge. Health departments are still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and mpox outbreak, and Congress is poised to claw back $400 million in public health workforce funds as part of the debt ceiling agreement between President Biden and congressional leaders.

“There’s no question that during the pandemic, public health was busy doing a lot of other things and we diverted a lot of people and resources and just attention … and that probably caused us to lose some ground on the progress that we’ve been making,” said Scott Harris, the State Health Officer of Alabama.

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