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Posted: 4/21/2024 10:07:36 AM EDT
On Thursday the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, backed by Gov. Jared Polis, issued a public health order to address what has been deemed an epidemic.
State data shows that between 2018 and 2023, congenital syphilis syphilis that is present in infants at birth increased from seven to 50 reported cases in Colorado.
Syphilis is contracted through contact with an infected sore on the body of someone carrying the infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control, syphilis can be spread during sexual intimacy, pregnancy and through a vaginal birth.
So far this year, the state has seen 25 reported cases of congenital syphilis, including five stillbirths and two neonatal deaths, according to state data. This puts the state on track "to have maybe 100 cases" by the end of the year, said Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of the state's health department.
"We are very concerned about this growing epidemic, both in the state and nationally," said Ryan.
Forty percent of babies with untreated congenital syphilis may be stillborn or die from the infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
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