Rapid test project tackling Alberta’s syphilis outbreak
Brett McKay Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Provincially, nationally, and globally, there is an ongoing resurgence of syphilis. In Alberta, the number of infectious syphilis cases increased by 2,498 per cent between 2012 and 2022. Using groundbreaking rapid testing devices and an innovative community-involved project, a researcher from the University of Alberta is hoping to remove…