Syphilis is an STI that can cause serious health problems if left untreated. It’s possible to pass the infection to a baby during pregnancy, but effective treatment is available. Share on Pinterest ...

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

Syphilis is a conquered disease in one sense only—that the chemical means to obliterate it are on hand. Its real conquest is a problem of lining up the patients. Standard syphilis-destroyer is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most women with syphilis during pregnancy received timely prenatal care. Substance use or a history of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . All patients in the study were delabeled. One pregnant patient’s pregnancy was complicated by congenital ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - North Carolina Medicaid is now covering the Extencilline treatment for syphilis and congenital syphilis in response to the ongoing rise in syphilis cases and medication ...

Syphilis cases reached a six-year high in Hamilton County in 2023, according to an April report from the public health department. At 582 cases, the total represents an 80% increase since 2018, ...

Patients aged between 40 and 49 years, heterosexual patients, and patients diagnosed in the emergency department are the least likely patient groups to complete syphilis treatment. Only slightly more ...

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 ...

Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) was born in East Prussia (now Poland), the son of a lottery-office keeper. He went to the University of Leipzig to pursue a career in medicine. By the time he graduated in ...