CDC hopes to say goodbye to syphilis

CDC hopes to say goodbye to syphilis

The number of syphilis cases in the United States has been at its lowest since it began to ravage many African American households in 1941. The debilitating disease noted for affecting African American communities in poor urban and rural Southern communities could soon be non-existent

Those encouraging statistics are from the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - HIV, STD and TB Prevention that launched the "National Plan to Eliminate Syphilis," using five strategic stages to decrease the number of cases.

The current national goal is for 90 percent of the counties in the U.S. to be syphilis-free and to reduce …