Syphilis Outbreak

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

  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.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2023
  
• U of A starting clinical trial to fight Edmonton syphilis outbreak with dual HIV testing

  The University of Alberta has started a clinical trial to try to fight a syphilis outbreak in Edmonton and northern Alberta.

  Health

  Dec 7, 2020
  
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• Syphilis outbreak declared for Peterborough and area

  Peterborough Public Health says there were 15 cases of syphilis in 2019, up from nine in 2018.

  Health

  Jan 8, 2020
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• Syphilis outbreak declared for Middlesex-London region

  The number of syphilis cases in the Middlesex-London region as more than tripled in the last five years to 113 so far in 2019.

  Health

  Dec 10, 2019
• Doctors question Sask. health minister about safe sex practices

  Doctors questioned Jim Reiter about what's being done to combat STI outbreaks and high teen pregnancy rates.

  Health

  Nov 1, 2019
• B.C. records first cases of congenital syphilis in 6 years amid STI outbreak

  Health officials say they've recorded the first cases of a mother passing the disease on to a child since 2013, while overall rates are up 33 per cent.

  Oct 7, 2019
• Alberta increases STI testing amid ongoing syphilis, gonorrhea outbreak

  Alberta continues to see high rates of sexually transmitted infections, such as syphilis and gonorrhea. Based on the STI cases reported so far this year, Alberta is on track to surpass last year's numbers.

  Health

  Nov 14, 2017