Michigan Messenger » Ingham County official: Increase of syphilis cases ‘alarming’

Michigan Messenger » Ingham County official: Increase of syphilis cases ‘alarming’: "The Ingham County Health Department is raising concern over what it is terming an “alarming” increase in new syphilis cases reported since Jan. 1.

“We are alarmed,” said Renee Canady, deputy health officer of the Ingham County Health Department. But officials at the department, including Canady, stopped short of calling this uptick an “outbreak.”"

Syphilis spike linked to homosexual activity

Syphilis spike linked to homosexual activity: "State health officials are reporting a spike in syphilis in Minnesota, with early cases up 40 percent in 2008 compared with the previous year and a sharp increase being linked to homosexual activity."