DesertFox
08-12-2007, 04:57 PM
It was a scourge of centuries past, a disease that ravaged the body and brain, drove geniuses to madness and slowly brought its victims to a terrible death. ...
But syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease that was so rare by 1998 that federal health officials had planned to declare it eliminated by 2005, has made a troubling comeback in New York City and across the nation. ... In recent years, the disease has been most common in men who have sex with men.
More (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/nyregion/12syphilis.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin)
But syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease that was so rare by 1998 that federal health officials had planned to declare it eliminated by 2005, has made a troubling comeback in New York City and across the nation. ... In recent years, the disease has been most common in men who have sex with men.
More (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/nyregion/12syphilis.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin)