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Babies Are Dying of Syphilis. It’s 100% Preventable (propublica.org)
2 points by Geekette on Nov 1, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


TL;DR:

129,800 syphilis cases were recorded in 2019, double the case count of five years prior. In the same time period, cases of congenital syphilis quadrupled: 1,870 babies were born with the disease; 128 died

The reason is that CDC’s budget decreased by a 7.4%




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