Listen: Syphilis Spreads Into Rural America

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Lauren Weber, one of Kaiser Health News’ new Midwest correspondents, joined St. Louis Public Radio reporter Jeremy Goodwin on “St. Louis on the Air” Friday to discuss how syphilis is making inroads into rural counties across the Midwest and West. In Missouri, the total number of syphilis patients has more than quadrupled since 2012, testing the weakened public health safety net in areas unfamiliar with the potentially deadly infection. Listen to the interview on the St. Louis Public Radio website.

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<h1>Listen: Syphilis Spreads Into Rural America</h1>
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			April 19, 2019		</time>
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<p><em>Can’t see the audio player? <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/st-louis-public-radio.mp3">Click here to download.</a></em></p><p>Lauren Weber, one of Kaiser Health News’ new Midwest correspondents, joined St. Louis Public Radio reporter Jeremy Goodwin on <a href="https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/syphilis-invades-rural-missouri-fraying-health-safety-net-failing-stop-it#stream/0">“St. Louis on the Air”</a> Friday to discuss how <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/syphilis-invades-rural-america-missouri-health-care-infrastructure-crumbling/">syphilis is making inroads into rural counties</a> across the Midwest and West. In Missouri, the total number of syphilis patients has more than quadrupled since 2012, testing the weakened public health safety net in areas unfamiliar with the potentially deadly infection. Listen to the interview on the St. Louis Public Radio website. </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-syphilis-spreads-into-rural-america/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-syphilis-spreads-into-rural-america/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-syphilis-spreads-into-rural-america/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Listen%3A%20Syphilis%20Spreads%20Into%20Rural%20America&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FOTQxMTg2&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-syphilis-spreads-into-rural-america/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-syphilis-spreads-into-rural-america/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-syphilis-spreads-into-rural-america/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=941186&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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