Opioid Epidemic and Syphilis Outbreaks Complicate Trump's HIV Plan

Governing: America nearly eradicated congenital syphilis around 2000, but since 2012, the number of babies born with the disease has been on the rise. In some places, the outbreaks have reached crisis levels.

Public health experts largely blame the opioid epidemic for the disease's return, and unless the government gets both issues under control, they say President Trump will never realize his stated goal of eradicating HIV.

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