Syphilis Elimination Effort Media Releases

• U.S. Syphilis Rates Climbs for Second Consecutive Year  (November 20, 2009)
• FACT SHEET – CDC’s Updated Plan to Eliminate Syphilis in the United States (May 8, 2006)
• U.S. Syphilis Rates Climbs for Second Consecutive Year  (November 20, 2003)
• Overall Syphilis Rate Rises for First Time Since 1990  (November 1, 2002)
• CDC’s Report on the National Syphilis Elimination Effort for the Year 2000 – Media Briefing Transcript:  (December 3, 2001)
• U.S. Syphilis Rate Declines to ALL-TIME LOW in 2000 (November 28, 2001)
• Syphilis Elimination Key Facts (November 28, 2001)
• Facts on Syphilis (November 28, 2001)
• Syphilis Elimination Initiatives (November 28, 2001)
• Syphilis among Infants Down More Than Half in Three Years (July 12, 2001)
• Talking Points – Congenital Syphilis Media Telebriefing (July 12, 2001)
• Syphilis Elimination Update: Syphilis Rate Declines among African Americans  (December 5, 2000)
• Press Release – Syphilis Continues to Retreat:  Nation Sets Sights on Elimination  (October 7, 1999)