CDC: Congenital Syphilis Rates On The Rise In The US.

reports that “the rate of newborns with syphilis jumped 38 percent between 2012 and 2014 to its highest level in more than a decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” said Thursday in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report showed that syphilis “was found in 11.6 of every 100,000 births in 2014, up sharply from 8.4 in 2012 and the highest rate since 2001.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/11/12/u-s-sees-alarming-jump-in-rate-of-newborns-with-syphilis/