Wyoming report increase in syphilis in the southeast
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) has detected an alarming, localized increase in reported syphilis cases from southeast Wyoming this year. Treponema pallidum Photo/CDC “We have had six reported cases of More...
Polk County, Iowa reports dramatic increase in syphilis
The health department for the most populous county in Iowa is reporting the most cases of the sexually transmitted infection, syphilis than it’s seen at any point in the past 20 years. Darkfield microscopy More...
Polk County, Iowa reports a 420 percent increase in syphilis
The most populous county in the Hawkeye State has reported some staggering statistics concerning the sexually transmitted infection known as “The Great Imitator”, according to a KCCI 8 report Monday. Treponema More...
Bexar County, Texas saw 18 cases of congenital syphilis in 2012
Bexar County, Texas (in red)Public domain image/David Benbennick Bexar County experienced a real spike in the very curable, sexually transmitted infection syphilis last year. This is bad enough; however, newborn More...