How do you get syphilis? The disease is transmitted by ... single or multiple sores (chancre) appear at the site where the bacteria infiltrated. These lesions are hard, round, and painless.

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 ...

The implications of this research are manifold. The study paints a grim picture of colonialism’s unintended consequences.

For years, he tried to expose the Tuskegee syphilis study, but no one would listen. By Maggie Jones One afternoon in the ...

The disfiguring disease spread between soldiers and their sexual partners, causing sores on their genitals, rectums or mouths. Within just five years, syphilis had spread through all of Europe.

In the spring of 1495, a mysterious illness broke out, interrupting the Italian campaign of Charles VIII of France. The […] ...

The health official said syphilis is affecting people of all demographics, ages, income level, races and sexual orientations. It's spread by contact with sores, which a symptom of the acute phase ...

Syphilis was soon rampant across the Continent and beyond, but its origins continued to be fiercely debated, with some historians claiming it was actually home-grown. Now, scientists have carried out ...

What are canker sores? If you’ve ever had one, you probably remember exactly how it feels. These sores are small, painful ulcers that can develop in your mouth for a variety of reasons.

“Initially, syphilis usually manifests itself with a lesion called 'chancre,' which can appear on the penis, vulva, mouth or anus”. Later, “this lesion usually disappears with time, even ...