738 - Why Syphilis Is On the Rise
Public Health On Call · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Show Notes
Despite a national plan to eliminate syphilis by 2010, the sexually transmitted infection has reached the highest rates since the 1950s. Dr. Khalil Ghanem, a researcher of sexually transmitted infections at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, talks with Stephanie Desmon about syphilis infections and the disease course, and why rates are so high not just in the US but around the world. Learn more: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/why-is-syphilis-spiking-in-the-us