Paleogenomics has finally solved a question that has puzzled researchers for decades: Where did syphilis come from?

For centuries, scientists have disputed the origins of syphilis. A new study of ancient DNA supports an American origin for ...

Later, the syphilis rash emerges, in some cases with other symptoms like fatigue ... provider may also take a swab of an open ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MDMedically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD What syphilis looks like depends on which of the four stages is involved. In the primary stage, small chancre sores appear.

Syphilis is curable with antibiotics if caught on time. Dr. Laura Bachmann, chief medical officer of the CDC's Division of STD Prevention, spoke to Newsweek about signs to look out for.

"We've known for some time that syphilis-like infections occurred in the Americas for millennia, but from the lesions alone it's impossible to fully characterize the disease", comments Casey ...

“We’ve known for some time that syphilis-like infections occurred in the Americas for millennia, but from the lesions alone it’s impossible to fully characterize the disease,” said Dr ...

“This is my memento mori: to Aunt Hazel; to her horses; to her bas­tard, bliss; to famous cases of syphilis.” Mary Todd Lin­coln prob ... that there were worlds of won­der where peo­ple had walked, ...

The fact that we're dealing with a small overall number of cases makes the percentage increase look ... syphilis, Dr French says. And there is a growing "chemsex" trend - where people take drugs ...

It didn't do much for the sleeping sickness microbe, but it seemed to kill another (recently discovered) microbe, the one which causes syphilis. At that time, syphilis was a disabling and ...

Accusatory finger-pointing about the scourge, syphilis, began almost immediately ... which could have placed the emergence of syphilis-like diseases before people arrived in the Americas ...