California reports increase in congenital syphilis for 5th straight year
by News Desk from Outbreak News Today on (#45VNT)
California state health officials are reporting that for the fifth year in a row, the number of infants born with congenital syphilis has increased. Tragically, following the national trend, health officials say the number of cases increased from 33 cases in 2012 to 283 cases in 2017. 71 of the infants were stillbirth during this period with 30 stillbirths ["]
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