"Alarming increase" of syphilis cases in Canada: top doctor

Canada is witnessing a troubling surge in syphilis cases, with numbers doubling over the past few years, prompting health officials to sound the alarm on the escalating public health concern.

In a media release on Wednesday, Dr. Theresa Tam, chief public health officer at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), warned that the country, like many others, is experiencing “an alarming increase in syphilis cases.”

In 2022, there were 13,953 cases of infectious syphilis and 117 cases of early congenital syphilis, which occurs when a pregnant person passes syphilis to their baby. This represents a doubling in infectious syphilis and a six-fold increase in congenital syphilis in Canada compared with 2018, PHAC said in the release.

Global's Kyle Benning has more.

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