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Syphilis cases in US newborns skyrocketed in 2022. Health officials suggest more testing
By Mike Stobbe & Kenya Hunter
Syphilis and mortality rates among US babies are on the rise, reversing years of progress
By Keren Landman
US health officials alarmed by ‘dire’ rise in dangerous, preventable syphilis infections in babies
By Brenda Goodman
Congenital syphilis jumped tenfold over the last decade
By Alice Miranda Ollstein
Infants Are Born With Syphilis in Growing Numbers, a Sign of a Wider Epidemic
By Apoorva Mandavilli