State and local health departments across the U.S found out in June they’d be losing the final two years of a $1 billion investment to strengthen the ranks of people who track and try to prevent sexually transmitted diseases — especially the rapid increase of syphilis cases. The fallout was quick: Nevada, which saw a 44 percentage-point jump in congenital syphilis from 2021 to 2022, was supposed to get more than $10 million to bolster its STD program budget. Instead, the state’s STD prevention budget went down by more than 75%, reducing its capacity to respond to syphilis, according to Dawn Cribb at the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health.
The New Mexico Department of Health renewed its public health order on Monday to address the rising rates of congenital syphilis. The order directs medical professionals to increase syphilis testing for individuals between 18 to 50 years of age. The order also directs medical staff to test pregnant individuals three times during pregnancy. The order […]
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is calling for increased testing for the STI Syphilis. It comes as cases in the state have increased from