Health department seeing ‘dramatic’ rise in syphilis cases in Amarillo

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) – The health department is seeing a “dramatic” rise in syphilis cases in Amarillo. Casie Stoughton, Director of Public Health, said there were 63 cases in 2020. Two years later, that number soared to 346. According to the CDC, you can get syphilis by direct contact…

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