The World Health Organization (WHO) is sounding the alarm about setbacks in the fight against sexually transmitted diseases. The annual number of new syphilis infections rose from around 7.1 million in 2020 to 8 million in 2022, the UN organization reported in Geneva on Tuesday. The largest increases were recorded on the American continent and in Africa. A total of 230,000 people died from the bacterial disease in 2022. “The rising incidence of syphilis raises major concerns,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. According to his organization’s report, a total of more than 1 m…