The United States was on course to eliminate syphilis. Now it’s surging
The syphilis crisis is hitting pregnant people and newborns especially hard
These public health posters, made as part of the Federal Art Project, encouraged syphilis screening during the Great Depression. National data collection for syphilis began in 1941. The rate in the 1940’s was as high as 450 cases per 100,000 people.
Illinois WPA Art Project