Syphilis cases among US newborns soar: Doctor's group advises more pregnancy screenings
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KSBW— Babies born to women with untreated syphilis may be stillborn or die shortly after birth. The disease can also cause other problems in newborns.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Doctors urge screening as syphilis cases rise among newborns. With syphilis cases in U.S. newborns skyrocketing, a doctors group now recommends that all pregnant patients be screened three times for the sexually transmitted infection.
WKBN.com—Ohio first in U.S. to screen newborns for rare condition. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Monday that Ohio will become the first state in the nation to begin screening newborns for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
The Guardian—What’s at stake in emergency abortion care case before US supreme court?. The justices must decide whether Idaho doctors can terminate a pregnancy to save a woman’s health or only if her life is at riskThe supreme court heard its second abortion rights case of the term on Wednesday, this one focused on how states can regulate emergency abortions – exceedingly rare procedures that often save a woman’s life or her future fertility.The case may seem technical because it focuses on a small subset of emergency abortions and federal law that governs emergency room care....