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.

Sexually transmitted infections are typically found on the genitals or mouth, but doctors are now warning that the eyes could ...

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Sexually transmitted infections — which affect one in five Americans — are most commonly found on the genitals, anus and ...

This documented epidemic is now interpreted to be the first historical account of syphilis. The origin of syphilis is the subject of a decades-long debate. The late 15th century outbreak occurred ...

In spring 1495, the Italian campaign of Charles VIII of France was interrupted by an intense outbreak of an apparently ...

New research on ancient DNA traces syphilis origins to the Americas, shedding light on the 15th-century outbreak in Europe.

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 ...