The number of babies being born with syphilis has climbed for 12 straight years, continuing even as STIs have declined.

The incidence of syphilis is rising across US populations, with congenital syphilis and drug shortages posing major public ...

Sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, but syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to ...

Congenital syphilis cases, in which infected moms pass the disease to their babies, aren't seeing the same improvements. Such infections in infants can lead to deaths or lifelong health problems such ...

Cases of newborn syphilis hit almost 4,000 in 2024, marking a troubling trend amid a broader STI epidemic, even as some ...

Johnson County was found to have one of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections, according to Iowa’s Department ...

A "worrying" return of the disease has been tracked in Gateshead, with higher rates detected than the England average ...

A single dose of benzathine penicillin G is as effective as three weekly doses for treating patients with early syphilis, ...

A single dose of benzathine penicillin G is as effective as three doses for early syphilis, including in people with HIV, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read that in the 1700s, animal blood was transfused into humans to cure syphilis. Is this true? -- T.U. ANSWER: The story is a bit more complicated. Transfusion from animals into ...

I read that in the 1700s, animal blood was transfused into humans to cure syphilis. Is this true? — T.U. ANSWER: The story is a bit more complicated. Transfusion from animals into humans was certainly ...