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Syphilis cases have soared to their highest level in more than 7 decades, according to disturbing data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. A staggering 207,000 syphilis cases were reported in the US in 2022 an 80% increase since 2018. “The syphilis crisis in our country is unacceptable," Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declared in a press release on Tuesday, sounding the alarm over the "critical" public health crisis.
The U.S. syphilis epidemic isn't abating, with the rate of infectious cases rising 9% in 2022, according to a new federal government report on sexually transmitted diseases in adults. But there's some unexpected good news: The rate of new gonorrhea cases fell for the first time in a decade. It's not clear why syphilis rose…
Syphilis is a bacterial disease that can surface as painless genital sores but can ultimately lead to paralysis, hearing loss, dementia and even death if left untreated.