• 3 years ago
An outbreak of syphilis, mainly affecting young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote areas, has now been spreading across the country for 10 years. Aboriginal medical groups say it's unacceptable such an easily treatable disease has spread for so long.

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