Syphilis -- Canada
The rate of syphilis infection in British Columbia [Canada] is the highest it's been in 30 years, and the provincial health officer is asking the public to get proactive about testing and treatment. Figures from the BC [British Columbia] Centre for Disease Control show there were 919 new cases of syphilis reported in 2018, a 33% jump from the year before [2017], and many of those infections occurred in gay and bisexual men.
Dr Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says after watching
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6805466&promed&0
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