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In 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported nearly 4,000 new cases of syphilis in babies, the highest case number since the mid-1950s. Typically about 5%-10% of those reported cases are stillbirths or die soon after delivery. Many surviving babies are left with lifelong disability or developmental delay.
The increase reflects the national loss of syphilis control that began with the Great Recession and the defunding of local public health programs in 2008. As a physician and former public health official, I have never been more concerned about those rates of congenital syphilis.
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