Syphilis cases in babies skyrocket in Canada amid healthcare failures

Syphilis In Babies Skyrockets In Canada Amid Rising Drug Use

Public health researchers and clinicians said the rates of congenital syphilis began increasing before the pandemic and worsened as public health agencies diverted resources to COVID-19 testing and other pandemic-related health measures.

Syphilis cases in babies on the rise in Canada. Doctors point to health-care ‘failures’ - National

While syphilis has made a global resurgence over the last five years, Canada is an outlier among wealthy nations in its rate of increase: 13-fold over five years.

Syphilis cases in babies skyrocket in Canada amid health-care failures

The numbers of babies born with syphilis in Canada are rising at a far faster rate than recorded in the United States or Europe, an increase public health experts said is driven by increased methamphetamine use and lack of access to the public health system for Indigenous people.

Syphilis cases in babies skyrocket in Canada amid health-care failures

The number of babies born with syphilis in Canada is rising at a far faster rate than recorded in the United States or Europe, an increase public health experts said is driven by increased methamphetamine use and lack of access to the public health system for Indigenous people.

Syphilis cases in babies skyrocket in Canada amid healthcare failures

TORONTO (Reuters) - The numbers of babies born with syphilis in Canada are rising at a far faster rate than recorded in the United States or Europe, an increase public health experts said is driven by increased methamphetamine use and lack of access to the public health system for Indigenous people. Read full story

Syphilis cases in babies skyrocket in Canada amid healthcare failures

The number of babies born with syphilis in Canada is rising at a far faster rate than recorded in the US or Europe.