Syphilis spreads among Czech porn actors

The Czech Health Ministry has registered an increase in the number of people diagnosed with syphilis. The disease appears to have spread among the country's porn actors, twenty three of whom were diagnosed with it in August. The country's chief health inspector Michael Vit has warned of the dangers of untreated syphilis, which can result in dementia and death and urged Czechs who may have any doubts at all regarding their health to seek medical attention as soon as possible.