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The form for online reporting is for healthcare providers in the state outside of Chicago to report syphilis, an infection caused by the bacteria spread through sexual contact, cases for pregnant ...
The issues with congenital syphilis case investigation and other problems with state and federal grants were outlined in a report from the county’s auditor, Kimberly Buchanan, at a commissioners ...
A wave of more effective laws requiring blood tests for both partners were passed by state legislatures between 1935 and 1950, beginning with Connecticut's "premarital examination law", which served as a model for other states. The Connecticut law required both parties undergo a blood test for syphilis and a physical examination. [7]
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.
Nationwide, there was a 2348% increase in hotline calls from 150,000 in 1963 to 3.3 million in 2009. [7] In 2011, there were 3.4 million calls. [8] From 1992 to 2009 in the US, substantiated cases of sexual abuse declined 62%, physical abuse decreased 56% and neglect 10%.
In the United States, the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS) is responsible for sharing information regarding notifiable diseases. As of 2020, the following are the notifiable diseases in the US as mandated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : [ 1 ]
After reaching a low point in 2000, syphilis infections have increase almost every year since State and local health departments […] The post Syphilis and other STDs are on the rise. States lost ...
Oct. 19—Back when Dr. Jaleh Akhavan was in her residency about five years ago, syphilis was considered a rare sight in a expectant mother. No longer. "Now I probably see it maybe one to two ...