Tag: Wisconsin

Syphilis or FASDs? Why Not Address Both?

Oct 19, 2023

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by

GuidaBrown

in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FAS/FASD), Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Neonates, Umbilical Cord Testing

Wisconsin is having a spate of congenital syphilis cases, so much so that Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services issued a memo to healthcare providers, including health departments and tribal health clinics, about the need to test pregnant people for the bacteria that causes the infection. The memo indicates that “The number of congenital syphilis cases…