has jumped by more than 900% over five years, uprooting the progress the nation’s poorest state had made in nearly quashing what experts say is an avoidable public health crisis. The rise in cases has placed newborns at further risk of life-threatening harm in a state that’s already home to the nation’sIn 2021, 102 newborns in Mississippi were treated for the sexually transmitted disease, up from 10 in 2016, according to an analysis of hospital billing data shared by Dr.
The Mississippi State Department of Health does not formally track congenital syphilis deaths but said there was at least one baby who died in 2021. In Mississippi, the Department of Health has not released its final 2021 numbers — which are based on clinicians reporting cases directly to the state — but the preliminary numbers mirror the increase Dobbs found based on insurance billing codes, said Dr. Paul Byers, the state’s epidemiologist.
There're many facts about syphilis medical science doesn't know, I learnt about the effects of syphilis from my own experience with patients. To negate the future effects of past syphilis I use 2 remedies. Though VDRL report is negative, effects of syphilis linger on like Covid.
You can cure a child for syphilis, but his immunity has been crippled for life. In future he will become prone to all kinds of opportunistic infections like skin, colds/cough, UTI and many more even I found autoimmune diseases. Syphilis is still a least understood disease!
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WTF
Great job addressing health care Mississippi !!!
Ugh, does that awful state ever offer anything good? And yet again infants are the ones affected by its racism and republican polices, although this is easy to avoid, yet, the powers that be don’t want to even offer treatment, just a horrid place on all level
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sounds like God is trying to kill off the south
Giving birth to babies won’t help you evade from your sins
Yep make sure those people can procreate.
Red state. Shameful.
Better get the black people only court system they are setting up on this.
Tragic
gop what’s up with your red ass state
All pregnant women need adequate health care that includes testing for stds that may affect fetus Shame on all you elected Republicans for neglecting your people’s essential needs!!!
WTF America
All this while the governor tatereeves and the legislature speaker Phil Gunn stand by and let hospitals close throughout the state and refuse to accept Medicaid expansion.
HHSGov Can we get some more obstetricians to Mississippi and re-open those offices closed? This is preventable and it would be awful to let newborns and their family’s suffer like this, thank you
Megawatts55 tatereeves thanks for all your help in improving the health of your home state citizens. You know, those black and brown ppl you hate. I can’t wait to register there and put a sign in my yard for BrandonPresley for Governor
Karenknowsbest Wtf?
Oh dear God man, get it together Mississippi!
MSGOP state is at bottom rankings. Will never improve because no priority on poor or blue collar. You do nothing at elections and nothing changes. MississippiDemo
STD’s seem to be all over news right now between this Congenital Syphilis and drug resistant gonorrhea.CDCDirector
It's okay, Jesus wants this - Republicans
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“…the state’s racial disparities can be present from the 1st day of life. In 2020, Black newborns accounted for 70% of the state’s congenital syphilis cases.” Mothers w/syphilis give it to their babies. What is the racial disparity that causes black mothers to have syphilis?
Is Mississippi a red State?
MAGA
That’s horrible. Poor babies suffering!
Mississippi burning 🤷🏿♂️
JHC
Think they might need those Planned Parenthood Clinics? You know, so people can learn how to use Condoms get free condoms and learn how to prevent STDs?
Shouldn’t mother get blood test as soon as diagnosed as pregnant?
safe and effective 💉
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Republican country
Is it related to out of wedlock births
Can we get a demographic break down?
In 2020, Black newborns accounted for 70% of the state’s congenital syphilis cases
This verrrry alarming!!! 900% over 5 year span…….MS ladies keep tha 😽on 🔒and toss the 🗝️out tha window of a moving car going 70 sheesh 900%
Well as long as the newborns aren’t “woke” I don’t think we have anything to worry about.
Close the Border!
Baby daddy gives baby mama VD, baby mama gives baby VD. Stop being......already
Is this part of the Right to Life movement? They want syphilis to live freer than before?
The “great” state of Mississippi should be put into a conservatorship. Clearly, they need an unbiased, honest and neutral panel to put things right. Deadly water, poor education, dual legal systems, voter suppression. OUT of F’ING CONTROL 🤯
Welcome to Mississippi!
An enormous number.
Hmmmmm… I wonder if it has to do with this at all?
Why is there a white child in the photo?
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And the doing of these archaic lifestyles? Three letters: G-O-P 😈
One of THE reddest welfare states in the nation. Imagine that…
expanding Medicaid coverage & actually budgeting $$$ for Public Health would be helpful to prevent incidence & prevalence of untreated STDs. This is the USA, year 2023, absolutely no excuse for this.
Obama care enjoy yourself
And now no abortions.
Don’t dip your wick, in the state of Mississip