New numbers show a 28% jump in cases over two years. We break down what's behind these numbers.

The decades-long syphilis epidemic in the U.S. continues, as the CDC says the maternal syphilis rate spiked 28% between 2022 ...

This 1966 microscope photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a tissue sample with the presence of numerous, corkscrew-shaped, darkly-stained, Treponema pallidum ...

The number of babies being born with syphilis in the U.S. kept increasing last year, even as the number of cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the country dropped, according to new ...

STAT’s Megan Molteni attended a vigil Sunday at the spot where Pretti was shot. She spoke to health care workers who knew ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Department of Health is starting a new program to help prevent congenital syphilis, which happens when a pregnant woman passes syphilis, a sexually ...

In 2024, U.S. cases of newborn syphilis increased for the 12th consecutive year, but the rate of growth is slowing, according to CDC data published Sept. 24. The U.S. recorded 3,941 newborn syphilis ...

The number of babies born with syphilis has doubled since 2013 and is at a 20-year high, federal health officials said Tuesday. More than 900 U.S. babies were born infected with syphilis in 2017, the ...

Cases of newborn syphilis in the United States have risen for the past 12 years, despite a slowdown in the past year or two, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely ...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is advising the public that cases of syphilis are increasing in Barbados and is urging persons to take practical steps ...