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

While sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, syphilis in newborns​ continued to rise, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The rates of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis are higher in Gateshead than the North East as a whole and nationally, Gateshead Council data shows.

New government data shows another decline in sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults, but also a continued rise in syphilis in newborns.

Syphilis is a chronic infection caused by Treponema pallidum, mainly spread via sexual contact, lesions, placenta, or rarely ...

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

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