Alabama public schools suffer most significant loss of students in decades

Alabama public schools suffer most significant loss of students in decades ...Statewide enrollment fell by about 5,800 students this year according to their yearly audit of enrollment, which runs from October to October each year. Alabama State Superintendent, Eric Mackey, said more than 3,000 students left the public school system for private or home schooling through the state's new CHOOSE Act . However, roughly 2,100 students are currently unaccounted for... Reference: www.waaytv.com

Alabama seeing huge spike in Syphilis cases as demographics radically change

Syphilis cases are up 80 percent since 2018 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state of Alabama is also seeing a spike.

Anthony Merriweather, the STD Division Director at the Alabama Department of Health, said that since 2021 numbers have shown that people in Alabama have been engaging in more high-risk sexual activity without knowledge of their partner having an STD or STI. ...Classical signs and symptoms of syphilis include chancres, or small round contagious sores, that appear on the lips, around and inside the mouth, genital areas, and/or rectum. Other symptoms include body rashes and alopecia. ...

Reference: www.waff.com

MORE READING: These U.S. Cities Have the Highest STD Rates Huntsville, AL: Metro Population is 366,519 with 54 Syphilis cases. | Montgomery, AL: Metro Population is 225,763 with 36 Syphilis cases. | Birmingham, AL: Metro Population is 659,300 with 97 Syphilis cases. | Mobile, AL: Metro Population is 413,757 with 48 Syphilis cases. ; www.cbs19news.com

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