In certain circles of San Francisco, a case of syphilis can be as common and casual as the flu, to the point where Billy Lemon can't even remember how many times he's had it. "Three or four? Five times in my life?" he struggles to recall. "It does not seem like a big deal." At […]
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Number of newborns born with syphilis doubles in 4 years, CDC reports
The CDC said reported cases of congenital syphilis, which is when the disease is passed from mother to baby, jumped 153 percent between 2013 and 2017, from 362 cases to 918. (iStock) The number of newborns born with syphilis has reached a 20-year high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday, tracking […]
USPSTF Reaffirms Screening for Syphilis in Pregnancy
TUESDAY, Sept. 4, 2018 — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening all pregnant women for syphilis infection. These findings form the basis of a reaffirmation recommendation statement published in the Sept. 4 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Using data from seven studies, Jennifer S. Lin, M.D., from Kaiser […]
HIV, syphilis screening low with ED-diagnosed PID in adolescents
(HealthDay)—HIV and syphilis screening rates are low among adolescents who are diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in the emergency department, according to a study published in the August issue of Pediatrics. Amanda Jichlinski, M.D., from the Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., and colleagues used data from the Pediatric Health Information System (2010 […]