EPISODE · Mar 31, 2022 · 16 MIN
What's driving a resurgence of syphilis in Canada
from 10/3: Canada Covered · host Postmedia
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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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