Ten Alaska babies were born with syphilis last year, continuing a surge that puts infants at grave health risks, state Division of Public Health officials reported on Tuesday. The 2023 cases of congenital syphilis – the version of the sexually transmitted disease that is spread by pregnant women to their fetuses – were all reported to infants “born to women who experienced complex and substantial barriers to prenatal care,” said a bulletin issued by the division’s epidemiology section.