This 1966 microscope photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a tissue sample with the presence of numerous, corkscrew-shaped, darkly-stained, Treponema pallidum spirochetes, the bacterium responsible for causing syphilis. The U.S. syphilis epidemic continues to worsen, according to a new government report released Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, that also contains some unexpected good news — the rate of new gonorrhea cases has fallen for the firs…
January 30, 2024
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January 30, 2024 11:55 a.m.
The US hasn't seen syphilis numbers this high since 1950
Other STD rates are down or flat
But there's some unexpected good news: The rate of new gonorrhea cases fell for the first time in a decade.