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Facing Unchecked Syphilis #Outbreak, Great Plains Tribes Sought Federal Help.

Months Later, No One Has Responded.

The #syphilis rate among #Indigenous people in the Great Plains is higher than at any point in 80 years of records.

More than 3% of #Native American babies born in #SouthDakota last year had the preventable and curable — but potentially fatal — disease.

#news #health #healthcare #kids #babies #PublicHealth

https://www.propublica.org/article/syphilis-south-dakota-great-plains-tribes-hhs-becerra?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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