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• Newborn Syphilis Rates Increasing Due to Failure to Test and Treat Mothers During Pregnancy: CDC

  November 14, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CDC warns that hospitals are failing to test and treat pregnant mothers for syphilis, which has resulted in skyrocketing rates of the sexually transmitted disease among U.S. newborns.

• Failure To Diagnose Syphilis in Mothers Leads To Spike In U.S. Babies Born With Infects

  November 17, 2015

  Martha Garcia

  A failure to diagnose pregnant women and other factors have led to an increased rate of newborns infected with syphilis, according to a report by the CDC.