Researchers at the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases urge immediate action to strengthen syphilis screening protocols for pregnant individuals in U.S. jails and prisons. Their recently published “Syphilis Screening Among Pregnant Individuals in Carceral Settings: Near Misses and a Call to Action” in the Journal of Correctional Health Care describes how a single third-trimester syphilis test likely prevented congenital syphilis in an incarcerated pregnant patient—underscoring a widespread and unaddressed gap in national screening guidelines.
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