What's driving a resurgence of syphilis in Canada
10/3: Canada Covered
English - March 31, 2022 16:01 - 17 minutes - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPolitics News calgaryherald canada edmontonjournal montrealgazette nationalpost news ottawacitizen politics vancouversun Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
COVID-19 has been the top health story around the world for two years now, but in Canada, there has been growing health concern looming.
For the last several years, cases of syphilis have skyrocketed in the country, and the COVID pandemic has actually made things worse.
National Post health reporter Sharon Kirkey joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss what’s driving these cases, why it has doctors concerned, and what they’re advocating governments do about it.
Background reading: Syphilis, the centuries-old sexually transmitted scourge, is surging in Canada
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COVID-19 has been the top health story around the world for two years now, but in Canada, there has been growing health concern looming.
For the last several years, cases of syphilis have skyrocketed in the country, and the COVID pandemic has actually made things worse.
National Post health reporter Sharon Kirkey joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss what’s driving these cases, why it has doctors concerned, and what they’re advocating governments do about it.
Background reading: Syphilis, the centuries-old sexually transmitted scourge, is surging in Canada
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