Ochsner Health Infectious Diseases expert and national thought leader, Dr. Kathernine Baumgarten, is available to comment on the recent CDC report on an alarming increase in new infections of Syphilis. Reach out to [email protected] to schedule an interview.
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Dr. R. Wesley Farr available for interviews on Syphilis
Dr. R. Wesley Farr, Lecturer, teaches environmental health, aerospace toxicology, global health, and infectious diseases for the UWF Department of Public Health. Farr is a physician with specialties in Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Aerospace Medicine. He continues…
Syphilis cases rise in the U.S.
Syphilis, once nearly eliminated in the United States, continues to resurge, reaching the highest rate of new infections recorded since 1950, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday. According to a new C.D.C. report, more than 207,000…
Expert available to discuss new CDC report on syphilis rates
Today, the CDC released a new report which found newborn syphilis cases, which can be fatal, have risen more than tenfold in the last decade and almost 32% in a single year. Irene Stafford, MD, associate professor and maternal-fetal medicine…
Two top Black physicians likely knew of the Tuskegee syphilis study in progress in the 1960’s but did not object, asserts Dr. Leslie Norins, former VD lab director at CDC
A CDC insider’s recollections from 60 years ago, plus circumstantial evidence, indicate the Tuskegee syphilis study was not kept secret from some top Black physicians as it progressed.
Story Tips from Johns Hopkins Experts on Covid-19
Vaccines that prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are being rolled out around the world. Below are five things about vaccine science of which you may be unaware. Additionally, here is a video about how vaccines are determined safe.
New STD Data Represent Urgent Call for Action
The continued steep increase in incidence of sexually transmitted diseases reported in the 2018 data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday, is a cause for deep concern about dangerous gaps in our public health infrastructure.