As U.S. Syphilis Cases Rise, Those at the Epicenter Scramble It was just a routine checkup — or so she thought. One woman’s syphilis scare mirrors thousands of others amid a syphilis outbreak in the U.S., with Houston at the epicenter.

After End of Pandemic Coverage Guarantee, Texas Is Epicenter of Medicaid Losses Since the end of a pandemic-era policy that barred states from removing people from Medicaid, Texas has dropped over half a million people from the program, more than any other state.