Syphilis

Karolyn Schrage, executive director of the Choices Medical Services clinic in Joplin, Mo., says that pregnant women, young men and teens are part of the rapidly growing number of syphilis patients she sees. 4/18/19

As Syphilis Invades Rural Missouri, A Fraying Health Safety Net Is Failing To Stop It

When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the “dominoes gang” in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Missouri, she assumed it had to do with pizza.Turns…

This 1980 scanning electron microscopic image depicts a cluster of spiral-shaped, Treponema pallidum bacteria, which causes syphilis.

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St. Louis County syphilis rates continue to rise with highest jump in 5 years

Sarah Fentem

The rate of syphilis cases in St. Louis County increased 42 percent between 2016 and 2017, the largest increase in at least five years, according to data…

According to the new study, a woman's weight before her first pregnancy may have long-term effects.

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Cases of syphilis transmitted in pregnancy rise in Missouri

The St. Louis region has long grappled with high rates of sexually transmitted infections, but an uptick in syphilis among women of child-bearing age is…

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St. Louis Still Ranks Second In The U.S. For Two Common STDs

St. Louis continues to have some of the highest rates of two common sexually transmitted diseases in the country.According to data released on Wednesday…

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Would You Want An Award With A Tainted Name?

Last summer, St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra began a conversation about some of the ethical issues involved when people are used as the…

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STD rates up in the St. Louis area, according to CDC report

Updated with full data tables at 2:09 p.m. (see below)Rates of three sexually transmitted diseases are up in the St. Louis area, according to an annual…