Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images(NEW YORK) The CDC is warning about "dire" levels of babies born with syphilis in the U.S., with a new analysis showing a tenfold increase from 2012 to 2022. The agency s data shows that 3,761 babies were born with syphilis in 2022, and more than 200 babies died from the disease that year.
Nine in 10 of those cases of babies born syphilis could have been prevented with better testing and treatment for syphilis in pregnant people, according to the new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that has been on the rise in recent years. The infection can be dangerous if left untreated particularly during pregnancy. "You may not know you have syphilis, and that s why it s so important, particularly when pregnant, to get tested," said Dr. Debra Houry, the chief medical officer at the CDC.
CDC data shows that more than half of the babies born with congenital syphilis in
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images(NEW YORK) The CDC is warning about "dire" levels of babies born with syphilis in the U.S., with a new analysis showing a tenfold increase from 2012 to 2022. The agency s data shows that 3,761 babies were born with syphilis in 2022, and more than 200 babies died from the disease that year.
Nine in 10 of those cases of babies born syphilis could have been prevented with better testing and treatment for syphilis in pregnant people, according to the new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that has been on the rise in recent years. The infection can be dangerous if left untreated particularly during pregnancy. "You may not know you have syphilis, and that s why it s so important, particularly when pregnant, to get tested," said Dr. Debra Houry, the chief medical officer at the CDC.
CDC data shows that more than half of the babies born with congenital syphilis in
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images(NEW YORK) The CDC is warning about "dire" levels of babies born with syphilis in the U.S., with a new analysis showing a tenfold increase from 2012 to 2022. The agency s data shows that 3,761 babies were born with syphilis in 2022, and more than 200 babies died from the disease that year.
Nine in 10 of those cases of babies born syphilis could have been prevented with better testing and treatment for syphilis in pregnant people, according to the new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that has been on the rise in recent years. The infection can be dangerous if left untreated particularly during pregnancy. "You may not know you have syphilis, and that s why it s so important, particularly when pregnant, to get tested," said Dr. Debra Houry, the chief medical officer at the CDC.
CDC data shows that more than half of the babies born with congenital syphilis in
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images(NEW YORK) The CDC is warning about "dire" levels of babies born with syphilis in the U.S., with a new analysis showing a tenfold increase from 2012 to 2022. The agency s data shows that 3,761 babies were born with syphilis in 2022, and more than 200 babies died from the disease that year.
Nine in 10 of those cases of babies born syphilis could have been prevented with better testing and treatment for syphilis in pregnant people, according to the new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that has been on the rise in recent years. The infection can be dangerous if left untreated particularly during pregnancy. "You may not know you have syphilis, and that s why it s so important, particularly when pregnant, to get tested," said Dr. Debra Houry, the chief medical officer at the CDC.
CDC data shows that more than half of the babies born with congenital syphilis in
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images(NEW YORK) The CDC is warning about "dire" levels of babies born with syphilis in the U.S., with a new analysis showing a tenfold increase from 2012 to 2022. The agency s data shows that 3,761 babies were born with syphilis in 2022, and more than 200 babies died from the disease that year.
Nine in 10 of those cases of babies born syphilis could have been prevented with better testing and treatment for syphilis in pregnant people, according to the new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that has been on the rise in recent years. The infection can be dangerous if left untreated particularly during pregnancy. "You may not know you have syphilis, and that s why it s so important, particularly when pregnant, to get tested," said Dr. Debra Houry, the chief medical officer at the CDC.
CDC data shows that more than half of the babies born with congenital syphilis in