Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPennsylvania health officials announced a statewide decline in reportable cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), citing disease prevention efforts as a key factor. Dr. Debra Bogen, Pennsylvania’s top health official, said during a visit to the Hamilton Health Center in Dauphin County that STIs such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis are being diagnosed in dwindling numbers year over year. Health experts emphasize a 28% decrease in syphilisHealth experts are emphasizing a 28% decrease in cases of congenital syphilis in infants, which is passed down from the mother.The Pennsylvania Department of Health attributed this progress to its disease intervention professionals, who ensured that 90% of syphilis patients received treatment within two weeks of confirmed infection. “Our goal, of course, is to have no cases of congenital syphilis. And for that, we need to continue our collective efforts. The Department of Health staff collaborate with medical providers, including private practices, hospitals, state health centers, federally-qualified health centers and family planning providers to make sure all pregnant women receive testing, and treatment for syphilis according to the latest recommendations.”Their work results in over 85% of people diagnosed with syphilis getting timely treatment within 14 days of testing and this helps reduce syphilis infections spreading further in our communities”, Bogen said. STI testing, treatment, and referral services are available for free at 59 state health centers across Pennsylvania.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania health officials announced a statewide decline in reportable cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), citing disease prevention efforts as a key factor. <\/p>\n
Dr. Debra Bogen, Pennsylvania’s top health official, said during a visit to the Hamilton Health Center in Dauphin County that STIs such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis are being diagnosed in dwindling numbers year over year. <\/p>\n
Health experts emphasize a 28% decrease in syphilis<\/p>\n
Health experts are emphasizing a 28% decrease in cases of congenital syphilis in infants, which is passed down from the mother.<\/p>\n
The Pennsylvania Department of Health attributed this progress to its disease intervention professionals, who ensured that 90% of syphilis patients received treatment within two weeks of confirmed infection. <\/p>\n
“Our goal, of course, is to have no cases of congenital syphilis. And for that, we need to continue our collective efforts. The Department of Health staff collaborate with medical providers, including private practices, hospitals, state health centers, federally-qualified health centers and family planning providers to make sure all pregnant women receive testing, and treatment for syphilis according to the latest recommendations.<\/p>\n
“Their work results in over 85% of people diagnosed with syphilis getting timely treatment within 14 days of testing and this helps reduce syphilis infections spreading further in our communities”, Bogen said. <\/p>\n
STI testing, treatment, and referral services are available for free at 59 state health centers across Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COURT, WITH THE FORMER MAKING THE RULING TODAY. STATE OFFICIALS SAY REPORTABLE CASES OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS. STIS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[76898,76897,76895,2908,76896,76892,76893,76901,51181,76902,28,13432,24528,30,76894,29,76900,76905,76899,76903,76904,15713,10504],"class_list":{"0":"post-171345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-decrease","9":"tag-congenital-syphili","10":"tag-congenital-syphilis","11":"tag-dauphin-county","12":"tag-decline-in-sti-cases","13":"tag-dr-debra-bogen","14":"tag-hamilton-health-center","15":"tag-health-expert","16":"tag-infection","17":"tag-number-year","18":"tag-pennsylvania","19":"tag-pennsylvania-department","20":"tag-pennsylvania-department-of-health","21":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","22":"tag-pennsylvania-health-officials","23":"tag-pennsylvania-news","24":"tag-pennsylvania-report","25":"tag-private-practice","26":"tag-reportable-case","27":"tag-sti-case","28":"tag-syphili-patient","29":"tag-testing","30":"tag-treatment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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