Survivors were left with permanent damage to their bodies and minds. This epidemic is now known to be the first historical ...

Fraser Health has launched a public awareness campaign encouraging pregnant people and people with syphilis symptoms to get ...

The Western Region of the Brazilian Federal District has a population of half million people, of which 7000 women become ...

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 ...

When a mysterious flesh-rotting disease broke out in Europe in 1495, two years after Christopher Columbus returned from the ...

Increased rates of congenital syphilis in the United States and continuum may be due to systemic barriers to comprehensive care and treatment.

"It's not even just eastern Ohio. We're seeing it in the U.S. and Ohio, too," she said. Syphilis cases in the United States have jumped 90% over the past 20 years.

Syphilis rates are approaching a near-historic high in Spokane County, prompting warnings from health officials for adults to be aware of their sexual health status.

Oral doxycycline may be as effective as IV penicillin in treating ocular syphilis for some patients with the condition, a new ...

Stark County and much of Northeast Ohio have been hit with the highest number of syphilis cases in recent memory.