Posted: May 26, 2021 5:58 AM CT | Last Updated: May 26
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe receives a adhesive bandage after his dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination drive-thru clinic at Evraz Place in Regina on Thursday, April 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor(The Canadian Press)
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Of all the diseases Dr. Rupeena Purewal was watching, syphilis was never at the top of the list.
But the Saskatoon pediatric infectious disease doctor says the surging case numbers across Western Canada have suddenly made the disease an emerging issue, particularly for newborn children if their mother is infected during pregnancy.
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She is now part of a provincial task force of doctors, nurses and public health experts trying get a handle on the disease, which she notes is entirely preventable and treatable but can often go unseen.
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