The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the first at-home syphilis test amid surging cases of the bacterial infection and calls from federal health officials for innovative strategies to ...
Ancient DNA Analysis Suggests Syphilis Existed in the Americas Before European Contact, Stirring Debate About Origins ...
Disease detectives in Chicago say they have been seeing a worrisome trend: Patients complaining of unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness caused by the ...
A sustained rise in syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections has raised concerns across Latin America and the ...
Syphilis is surging in the U.S., reaching the highest numbers in nearly 75 years. Cases of the sexually transmitted disease (STD) rose 10% in 2022, reaching 203,500. The numbers have increased 68% ...
More Alaska babies were born infected with syphilis in 2025 than in any recent year, state health officials reported. It is a ...
Syphilis cases have soared to their highest level in more than seven decades, according to disturbing new data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A staggering 207,000 syphilis ...
A history of adequately treated syphilis before pregnancy is associated with more than a 100-fold increase in congenital syphilis risk, with rates of 6806 per 100,000 live births compared with 70 per ...
Children born with syphilis are six times more likely to be admitted to hospital in their first five years of life compared to children not exposed to syphilis from their mother before birth, ...
The number of babies born with congenital syphilis in the United States has soared over the last decade, leading to an increase in stillbirths, infant deaths, and life-altering birth defects, the ...
Steady increases of a sexually-transmitted infection in North Dakota have state health experts calling for more robust screening and referrals. Brenton Nesemeier, an epidemiologist ...
A man went to the emergency room after being in and out of hospitals for a month, and doctors found a surprising explanation ...