Partnership between Ole Miss, state health department aims to lower syphilis cases - SuperTalk Mississippi

Partnership between Ole Miss, state health department aims to lower syphilis cases - SuperTalk Mississippi

Amid alarming rising rates in syphilis nationally, professors with the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy are partnering with the Mississippi State Department of Health to help slow the spread of the disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. saw an 80% increase in syphilis from 2018 to 2022. Mississippi, with 30.1 cases of syphilis per 100,000 people, ranked among the worst states in transmitting th…