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Babies Are Dying of Syphilis. It’s 100% Preventable.

Updated March 4, 2023 · Originally published November 21, 2021 by Caroline Chen

This story was originally published by ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. When Mai Yang is looking for a patient, she travels light. She dresses deliberately — not too formal, so she won’t be mistaken for a …

Positive Lyme Test Could Mean Syphilis

Updated March 4, 2023 · Originally published September 24, 2019 by Jeremy Murphree

Several peer-reviewed scientific studies demonstrate that a positive Lyme test could mean Syphilis instead of, or in addition to, Lyme. False positive Lyme serology due to syphilis: report of 6 cases and review of the literature. A 44-year-old man presented with visual field defects. Ophthalmoscopy revealed papilloedema of the left eye. Neuroborreliosis was suspected and …