Tribal Leaders Ask Feds To Declare Syphilis Outbreak a Public Health Emergency ...Middle East

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For Native American communities in the Great Plains, data paints a clear picture of the devastation caused by an ongoing syphilis outbreak. According to the South Dakota Department of Health, 649 cases of syphilis have been documented this year. Of those, 546 were diagnosed among Native Americans, who make up only 9 percent of the state’s population. “It’s completely preventable and curable, so something has gone horribly wrong that this has occurred,” said Meghan Curry O’Connell, the chief public health officer for the Great Plains Tribal Leaders’ Health Board and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. This year, the tribal leaders’ health board asked the U.S. Department of H

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