Tag Archives: Syphilis

Cuba Becomes First to End Mother-to-Baby HIV Transmission

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Every year 1.4 million women diagnosed with HIV become pregnant. Untreated, they have a 15-45% chance of transmitting the virus during pregnancy, labor or breastfeeding. The rate of syphilis...

Syphilis is Making A Big Comeback Among Men

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By the year 2000, syphilis was considered all but eradicated in the U.S. But with new data from 2005-1013 released today, the CDC made a shocking announcement: Syphilis is back, with the rate of new...