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  2. Houston is experiencing an outbreak of syphilis, the city’s health department recently revealed.Cases of the sexually transmitted infection jumped a jaw-dropping 128% in women from 2019 to 2022 ...

  3. Cases of syphilis hit dangerous record high, CDC says ... - AOL

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    Cases of syphilis have hit record high numbers following a five-year trend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. A report published Jan. 30 examined the total cases of three ...

  4. After outbreak, Shawnee County makes up over one-fourth of ...

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    Statewide, there have been 122 primary syphilis cases and 166 secondary syphilis cases this year. For 2024, Shawnee County accounts for roughly 24% of Kansas' primary syphilis cases and about 31% ...

  5. Syphilis - Wikipedia

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    Syphilis has been known as "the great imitator", because it may cause symptoms similar to many other diseases. [2] [3] Syphilis is most commonly spread through sexual activity. [2] It may also be transmitted from mother to baby during pregnancy or at birth, resulting in congenital syphilis.

  6. Epidemiology of syphilis - Wikipedia

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    To combat the increase in syphilis and other various sexually transmitted infections, the United States focuses on prevention programs where the focus is on practicing safe sex and being aware of whether ones partner has syphilis. Pregnant women, which have a high risk of infecting their children, are required to take syphilis screening and ...

  7. History of syphilis - Wikipedia

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    In the United States in 1917, 6% of World War I servicemen were found to have syphilis. In 1936, a public health campaign began to prescribe arsphenamine to treat syphilis. Between 1945 and 1955 penicillin was used to treat over two million Americans for syphilis, and contact tracing was introduced.

  8. Cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in Americans age ...

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    By the time people are over the age of 50, Park says “about 1 in 5 of us has herpes type 2,” which causes genital herpes. “And then when we talk about herpes type 1, which causes oral herpes ...

  9. Syphilis cases soar to highest level in 70 years - AOL

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    A staggering 207,000 syphilis cases were reported in the US in 2022 — an 80% increase since 2018. Syphilis cases soar to highest level in 70 years — CDC sounds alarm over ‘unacceptable’ crisis