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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. Federal officials from the health department and the CDC have formed task forces and hosted workshops for tribes on how to address the outbreak.

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Syphilis outbreak should be treated as public health emergency, tribes say

HEALTHBEAT

And tribal health leaders say their calls for federal officials to declare a public health emergency have gone unheeded. O’Connell and other tribal leaders said they don’t have the resources needed to keep pace with the outbreak.