The shock resurgence of an old disease is causing pain and misdiagnoses. New cases are outpacing public health officials’ ability to keep up. Tim could not sleep; his body ached from deep within. He ...
Venus Johnson entered the world clinging to life. She stopped breathing shortly after delivery, and doctors massaged her tiny chest and held her upside down to clear her lungs of thick mucus, the ...
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department is reporting a serious rise in the number of syphilis cases in Northwest Ohio for 2021. So far this year, there have been 91 reported ...
Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] I thought long and hard about if I should write about ...
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are on the rise in the US, which is news no one ever wants to hear. Case numbers are up for both gonorrhea and syphilis, including congenital syphilis, which is ...
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - NW Ohio saw a doubling of syphilis cases in 2021, the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department said Monday. “Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease and is treatable with ...
South Florida continues to report high rates of HIV and syphilis infections, with data showing significant impacts on men's ...
More than 2,000 infants in the U.S. were born with syphilis in 2020, according to recent data presented by researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The preliminary figures ...