Efforts to Curb SD’s Syphilis Outbreak Yield Results

Efforts to curb SD’s syphilis outbreak yield results

South Dakota has about half the number of syphilis cases so far in 2015 as it did in the same time frame of 2024, and about a third as many as the same time in 2022, when the outbreak peaked…

Efforts to curb SD’s syphilis outbreak yield results, but public health advocate says work remains • South Dakota Searchlight

A cooler is filled with doses of penicillin on April 24, 2024, at the Oyate Health Center in Rapid City. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight)South Dakota has about half the number of syphilis cases this year as it did at the same time last year, and about a third as many as the same time in 2022, when the outbreak peaked and the state reported the highest rate in the country. About 160 cases were reported by the end of last month, according to…