New Mexico urges syphilis testing for all pregnant mothers
October 5, 2022 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health officials are renewing a public order aimed at protecting newborn babies from syphilis.
The state Health Department on Wednesday announced requirements that medical providers follow best practices by testing all pregnant women for syphilis multiple times.
‘Out of control’ STD situation prompts call for changes
September 19, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Sharply rising cases of some sexually transmitted diseases — including a 26% rise in new syphilis infections reported last year — are prompting U.S. health officials to call for new prevention and treatment efforts.
AP exposes the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The 50th Anniversary
July 25, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE — On July 25, 1972, Jean Heller, a reporter on The Associated Press investigative team, then called the Special Assignment Team, broke news that rocked the nation. Based on documents leaked by Peter Buxtun, a whistleblower at the U.S.
How an AP reporter broke the Tuskegee syphilis story
July 25, 2022 GMTSOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) — Jean Heller was toiling away on the floor of the Miami Beach Convention Center when an Associated Press colleague from the opposite end of the country walked into her workspace behind the event stage and handed her a thin manila envelope.
Health officials: Monkeypox likely spreading in King County
July 6, 2022 GMTSEATTLE (AP) — The monkeypox virus continues to circulate in Washington state's most populous county, which includes Seattle, and is now likely spreading between residents, local health officials said Wednesday.
New York fund apologizes for role in Tuskegee syphilis study
June 11, 2022 GMTBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — For almost 40 years starting in the 1930s, as government researchers purposely let hundreds of Black men die of syphilis in Alabama so they could study the disease, a foundation in New York covered funeral expenses for the deceased.
State agency aiding SW Indiana county amid syphilis outbreak
December 14, 2021 GMTEVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Health officials in a southwestern Indiana county have turned to the state for help as they battle a worsening syphilis outbreak that began last summer.
Indiana Department of Health staffers have been working with the Vanderburgh County Health Department for four weeks, helping with syphilis testing, including at places such as the county jail in Evansville, where several cases have been found.
Tuskegee relatives promote COVID-19 vaccines in ad campaign
June 30, 2021 GMTTuskegee is the one-word answer some people give as a reason they’re avoiding COVID-19 vaccines. A new ad campaign launched Wednesday with relatives of men who unwittingly became part of the infamous experiment wants to change minds.
Alaska sees 49% increase in syphilis infection rates in 2020
June 23, 2021 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska health officials say 361 cases of syphilis were reported in 2020, a 49% increase over the previous year.
The numbers didn’t surprise Susan A. Jones, an Anchorage-based public health nurse consultant and the HIV/STD program manager with the state health department, who was involved with a report on the continuing syphilis outbreak.
GOP says pandemic justifies special tracing rules in Kansas
April 1, 2021 GMTTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers argue that a pandemic justifies special rules in Kansas for protecting the privacy of people exposed to COVID-19 and on Wednesday advanced a proposal to preserve those rules over public health groups' objections...
The Latest: Kentucky urges Black citizens to get vaccinated
February 25, 2021 GMTLEXINGTON, Ky.: The Rev. Jim Thurman counts himself among the converts who recognize the importance of taking a COVID-19 vaccine...
Vaccine skepticism lurks in town famous for syphilis study
February 1, 2021 GMTTUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — Lucenia Dunn spent the early days of the coronavirus pandemic encouraging people to wear masks and keep a safe distance from each other in Tuskegee, a mostly Black city where the government once used unsuspecting African American men as guinea pigs in a study of a sexually transmitted disease...
Increased number of STDs in Hawaii linked to online dating
October 14, 2019 GMTHONOLULU (AP) — An increase in sexually transmitted diseases in Hawaii to the highest numbers reported in decades can be linked to the prevalence of online dating, officials said...
3 sexually transmitted diseases hit new highs again in US
October 8, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. infections from three sexually transmitted diseases have risen for the fifth consecutive year.
More than 1.7 million cases of chlamydia (kluh-MID'-ee-uh) were reported last year...
Wyoming records increase in cases of syphilis
November 1, 2018 GMTCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming health officials say 34 cases of syphilis have been reported in the state this year, a 36 percent increase from 2017.
STDs hit record high in US
August 28, 2018 GMTThe U.S. saw a record number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases in 2017, marking the fourth straight year of sharp increases in gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
SIPH provides free HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis C Testing in September
September 8, 2017 GMTPOCATELLO - Southeastern Idaho Public Health will be providing free HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis C testing and education for qualified individuals at their facility for the month of September. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please contact your local Southeastern Idaho Public Health office at 233-9080.
AP WAS THERE: Black men untreated in Tuskegee Syphilis Study
May 10, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE: On July 25, 1972, Associated Press reporter Jean Heller broke news that rocked the American medical establishment. The federal government, she reported, had let hundreds of black men in rural Alabama go untreated for syphilis for 40 years for research purposes.
AP WAS THERE, Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Clinton apologized
May 10, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE: On May 16, 1997, five elderly black men from Alabama arrived at the White House. Before an audience of dignitaries, then-President Bill Clinton formally apologized for decades of mistreatment the men endured as part of a research project known as the "Tuskegee Syphilis Study...
Increase in syphilis cases concerns Spokane health officials
April 18, 2017 GMTRates of syphilis infection are climbing across the U.S. and in Spokane County, drawing concern from public health officials.
Historically, Spokane County has had fewer than 10 cases of infectious syphilis reported each year, Spokane Regional Health District disease interventions specialist Kirsten Duncan said.