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

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

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

KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today's selections are on syphilis, medical sexism, euthanasia, the year's best public health books, and more.

A new study published in the journal Nature provides compelling evidence that syphilis originated in the Americas and spread ...

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

This latest book is to be honoured in the “Food, Health” category. Like all of Ms Peynado’s offerings, it is “designed to enhance sexual health and overall wellbeing through diet”.

From new novels, nonfiction books and celeb memoirs, find your next fall read here Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms.

The man who blew the whistle on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, and who was featured in Alabama Public Radio’s yearlong investigation of rural health, is among the notable deaths of 2024. Peter ...

Public Health professionals improve human health and quality of life through the prevention and treatment of disease and other physical and mental health conditions, through the promotion of healthy ...

Natalie Holt sees reminders nearly everywhere of the serious toll a years-long syphilis outbreak has taken in South Dakota. Scrambling to tamp down the spread of the devastating disease, public health ...