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Shasta County doctors warn syphilis outbreak is at its worst stage
by Cortney Kreider
Friday, July 20th 2018
REDDING, Calif. ? The number of Syphilis cases in Shasta County are the highest they have ever been. Health professionals are warning sexually active men and women to get tested before they pass the disease on to others.
"Very few cases were reported to us for many years but in the last few years syphilis has been really increasing. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease. It's become increasingly common here and it's affecting all kinds of people," County Health Officer, Andrew Deckert, said an overwhelming outbreak of syphilis has spread to sexually active men and women in Shasta County.
From 2006 to 2012 Shasta County saw zero to three cases of early stage syphilis each year.
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In 2016 syphilis cases for the year grew to 24. This year the outbreak skyrocketed to 62 cases by May of 2018...
Shasta County doctors warn syphilis outbreak is at its worst stage
by Cortney Kreider
Friday, July 20th 2018
REDDING, Calif. ? The number of Syphilis cases in Shasta County are the highest they have ever been. Health professionals are warning sexually active men and women to get tested before they pass the disease on to others.
"Very few cases were reported to us for many years but in the last few years syphilis has been really increasing. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease. It's become increasingly common here and it's affecting all kinds of people," County Health Officer, Andrew Deckert, said an overwhelming outbreak of syphilis has spread to sexually active men and women in Shasta County.
From 2006 to 2012 Shasta County saw zero to three cases of early stage syphilis each year.
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In 2016 syphilis cases for the year grew to 24. This year the outbreak skyrocketed to 62 cases by May of 2018...