Push to improve syphilis testing in US as disease makes dramatic comeback

However, over the last decade it has mounted a dramatic comeback. Cases have risen 80% in the last five years, and the US now has the highest syphilis rates since 1950. More than 200,000 Americans were diagnosed with the disease in 2022. Since 2012, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has documented a 10-fold increase in the number of babies born with the disease.