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Tribal Health Leaders Say Feds Haven’t Treated Syphilis Outbreak as a Public Health Emergency

KFF Health News

And tribal health leaders say their calls for federal officials to declare a public health emergency have gone unheeded. Three years later, the outbreak continues — the number of new infections so far this year is 10 times the full 12-month totals recorded in some years before the upsurge. Sign up for its newsletters here.