congenital syphilis

‘Shocking’ rise in STIs during COVID alarms health workers

BY: - October 11, 2022

This article originally appeared in Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. In 2019, Columbus, Ohio, had seven reported cases of congenital syphilis, or cases in which a newborn child was infected during pregnancy. Two years later, that number rose to 20. And now? “Year to date, we’ve already seen 28 cases,” said Dr. […]